White Paperboard #374
 Fabric  CC BY-SA 3.0

Could be paper, could be a Polaroid frame – up to you!

Source Chaos

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White carbon@2X #12
 Carbon  CC BY-SA 3.0

Same as the black version, but now in shades of gray. Very subtle and fine grained.

Source Atle Mo

Subtle Striped Brown Background Pattern #940
 Stripes  CC BY-SA 3.0

Here's a brown background pattern with subtle stripes. I hope you'll like the color. If not, feel free to change it using an image editor, if you know how of course. Personally, I'm using GIMP to create these backgrounds.

Source V. Hartikainen

Background pattern blue #1949
 Blue  CC 0

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

Source Firkin

Zig-zag pattern 4 #2415
 Grid  CC 0

A seamless pattern based on a rectangular tile that can be retrieved in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.

Source Firkin

Background cubic #238
 Dark  CC 0

Fondo en falsa perpectiva

Source Roshellin

Background pattern 18 #202
 Dark  CC 0

A seamless pattern the starting point for which was a 'colour modulo' texture in Paint.net.

Source Firkin

Diamond pattern (colour 5) #2281
 Red  CC 0

From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Decorative divider 219 #2231
 Dark  CC 0

Remixed from a drawing in 'Maidenhood; or, the Verge of the Stream', Laura Jewry, 1876.

Source Firkin

Dark Brown Wood Background (Tile-able) #886
 Wood  CC BY-SA 3.0

Tile-able Dark Brown Wood Background. Feel free to use it as a background image in your designs or somewhere on the web. By the way, the color seems to be close to Coffee Brown.

Source V. Hartikainen

snow crystal seamless pattern #2467
 Blue  CC 0

The image depicts a seamless pattern of a snow crystal.I referred to a book called ”sekka-zusetsu” or "雪華図説" which means an illustrated explanation about snow crystals.This book was published in 1832 (天保3年) or Edo period.For more about "雪華図説",see here:dl.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/2536975

Source Yamachem

Black Linen #63
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

In the spirit of WWDC 2011, here is a dark iOS inspired linen pattern.

Source Atle Mo

Dark Brown Leather Texture, Seamless Tile #1092
 Leather  CC BY-SA 3.0

The texture of this background image has some similarities with leather, and it's colored in a dark brown color. So, if you are looking for a dark brown background image for your website, this may be an option for you.

Source V. Hartikainen

Background pattern 223 (colour 5) #2349
 Blue  CC 0

Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.

Source Firkin

Prismatic Hexagonalism Pattern No Background #391
 Light  CC 0

Prismatic Hexagonalism Pattern No Background

Source GDJ

Colorful Floral Background 3 No Black@2X #486
 Light  CC 0

Colorful Floral Background 3 No Black

Source GDJ

Background pattern purple #1952
 Colorful  CC 0

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

Source Firkin

Snowflake pattern remix #156
 Dark  CC 0

The base gradient edited so now more details are rendered.

Source Lazur URH

Prismatic Arrows Background 2 #393
 Light  CC 0

Prismatic Arrows Background 2

Source GDJ

Background pattern 252 (colour 4) #2159
 Light  CC 0

Recreated from a pattern found in 'Az Osztrák-Magyar Monarchia irásban és képben', 1882. To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin