Use Your Illusion@2X #918
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0A dark one with geometric shapes and dotted lines.
Source Mohawk Studios
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Rice Paper #3@2X #1188
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0Oh yes, it happened! A pattern in full color.
Source Atle Mo
Fabric pattern (colour 2) #2401
Fabric CC 0Alternative colour scheme. Not a pattern for fabrics, but one produced from a jpg of a stack of fabric items that was posted on Pixabay. The tile that this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Pink Clouds Background #1230
Pink CC BY-SA 3.0Actually, there's no clouds in it, but I think it looks quite nice.
Source V. Hartikainen
Diamond pattern (colour 7) #2274
Red CC 0From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Tileable Wood #655
Wood CC BY-SA 3.0Not so subtle. These tileable wood patterns are very useful.
Source Elemis
Light Wool@2X #696
Grid CC BY-SA 3.0Submitted as a black pattern, I made it light and a few steps more subtle.
Source Andy
Page ornament 22 #2358
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'A Rolling Stone. A tale of wrongs and revenge', John Hartley, 1878.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 197 (variant 2) #2512
Green CC 0A version without colours blended together to give a different look.
Source Firkin
Stripy checkerboard pattern #1768
Dark CC 0Simple combination of stripy squares with their negatively coloured counterparts
Source Firkin
SubtleNet #855
Light CC BY-SA 3.0You can never get enough of these tiny pixel patterns with sharp lines.
Source Designova
Carbon Fiber@2X #4
Carbon CC BY-SA 3.0A dark pattern made out of 3×3 circles and a 1px shadow. This works well as a carbon texture or background.
Source Atle Mo
Dotnoise Light Grey@2X #309
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0Sort of like the back of a wooden board. Light, subtle, and stylish, just the way we like it!
Source Nikolalek
Flourish pattern #1736
Dark CC 0Remixed from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by Pixeline
Source Firkin
Grey Sandbag #641
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0A bit strange this one, but nice at the same time.
Source Diogo Silva
Floral design 94 #1792
Yellow CC 0From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Triangular Seamless Pattern III With Background #273
Dark CC 0Prismatic Triangular Seamless Pattern III With Background
Source GDJ
Cardboard@2X #279
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0A good starting point for a cardboard pattern. This would work well in a variety of colors.
Source Atle Mo
Fabric of Squares #1095
Light CC BY-SA 3.0As far as fabric patterns goes, this is quite crisp.
Source Heliodor Jalba
Floral pattern 7 #2291
Pink CC 0Utilising some flowers from Almeidah. To get the unit tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 4@2X #462
Noise CC 0Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 4
Source GDJ
Beige Paper@2X #84
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0This was submitted in a beige color, hence the name. Now it’s a gray paper pattern.
Source Konstantin Ivanov
Straws@2X #973
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Super detailed 16×16 tile that forms a beautiful pattern of straws.
Source Pavel
Aged Paper Background Tile #1074
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0A seamless background tile of aged paper with shabby look.
Source V. Hartikainen
Rough Cloth #312
Fabric CC BY-SA 3.0More tactile goodness. This time in the form of some rough cloth.
Source Bartosz Kaszubowski