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Micro Carbon #7
 Carbon  CC BY-SA 3.0

Three shades of gray makes this pattern look like a small carbon fiber surface. Great readability even for small fonts.

Source Atle Mo

Decorative divider 274 #1922
 Dark  CC 0

Redrawn based on a drawing in 'По Сѣверо-Западу Россіи' Konstantin Sluchevsky, 1897.

Source Firkin

Colourful background #2011
 Colorful  CC 0

Made by distorting a simple pattern using the 'sin waves' plugin for Paint.net and vectorising in Vector Magic

Source Firkin

Retro Circles Background 4 No Black #422
 Dark  CC 0

Retro Circles Background 4 No Black

Source GDJ

Background pattern 221 #2347
 Dark  CC 0

A seamless pattern formed from a tile made from ornament 22. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Dark Mosaic #121
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

Small dots with minor circles spread across to form a nice mosaic.

Source John Burks

Prismatic Triangular Background Design Mark II 5 #406
 Dark  CC 0

Prismatic Triangular Background Design Mark II 5

Source GDJ

Black Mamba #57
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

The name alone is awesome, but so is this sweet dark pattern.

Source Federica Pelzel

Background pattern 195 #2587
 Grid  CC 0

Inspired by a pattern I saw in a 19th century book. This seamless pattern was created from a square tile. To get the tile, select the pattern in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Background pattern 291 #1931
 Dark  CC 0

To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

"Pink Bump Dots", Background Tile #1234
 Pink  CC BY-SA 3.0

A free background tile with a pattern of pink bump dots. This background tile is sweet! Moreover, it's designed for use as website backgrounds.

Source V. Hartikainen

Background pattern 220 #2360
 Dark  CC 0

A seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i. Derived from a design in 'Storia del Palazzo Vecchio in Firenze', Aurelio Gotti, 1889.

Source Firkin

Floral design 100 (version 2, colour) #1772
 Green  CC 0

From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.

Source Firkin

Patchwork Quilt Pattern Background #228
 Noise  CC 0

PDP

Source GDJ