White Paperboard #374
Fabric CC BY-SA 3.0Could be paper, could be a Polaroid frame – up to you!
Source Chaos
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Checkered Pattern@2X #323
Grid CC BY-SA 3.0Simple gray checkered lines, in light tones.
Source Radosław Rzepecki
Grunge Wall #81
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0Light gray grunge wall with a nice texture overlay.
Source Adam Anlauf
Background pattern 333 (version 2) #1739
Blue CC 0The tile this is formed from can be retrieved in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Black Linen #63
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0In the spirit of WWDC 2011, here is a dark iOS inspired linen pattern.
Source Atle Mo
Background pattern 200 variant #2505
Pink CC 0A version without colours blended together to give a different look.
Source Firkin
Seamless Prismatic Pythagorean Line Art Pattern No Background #569
Light CC 0Seamless Prismatic Pythagorean Line Art Pattern No Background. A seamless pattern that includes the original tile (go to Objects / Pattern / Pattern To Objects in Inkscape's menu to extract it).
Source GDJ
Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 2 No Black #445
Noise CC 0Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 2 No Black
Source GDJ
Tessellation 16 (colour 3) #2213
Green CC 0The unit cell for this seamless pattern can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Vaio #675
Diamond CC BY-SA 3.0I’m guessing this is related to the Sony Vaio? It’s a nice pattern no matter where it’s from.
Source Zigzain
"Dark Red Canvas", Seamless Web Texture@2X #1222
Red CC BY-SA 3.0A free seamless background image with a texture of dark red "canvas". It should look very nice on web sites.
Source V. Hartikainen
Gray Lines@2X #914
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Some more diagonal lines and noise, because you know you want it.
Source Atle Mo
Tile-able Black Paper Background #1076
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0A black tile-able background with paper-like texture.
Source V. Hartikainen
Dark Mosaic@2X #122
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Small dots with minor circles spread across to form a nice mosaic.
Source John Burks
Background pattern 334 (colour) #1730
Red CC 0Derived from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by Kaz
Source Firkin
Worn Out Cardboard #1214
Cardboard CC BY-SA 3.0A seamless texture of worn out "cardboard".
Source V. Hartikainen
Simple Horizontal Light #982
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Sometimes you just need the simplest thing.
Source Fabricio
Background Patterns - Slate #244
Fabric CC 0If you want png files of thisu can download them here :
Source Viscious-Speed
Green Wall #1268
Wall CC 0Zero CC bark from fur tree tileable texture, photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Decorative divider 239 #2087
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
Decorative divider 199 #2436
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Jardyne's Wife', Charles Wills, 1891.
Source Firkin
Zig-zag pattern 4 #2415
Grid CC 0A seamless pattern based on a rectangular tile that can be retrieved in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Subtle Orange Emboss@2X #98
Light CC BY-SA 3.0A hint of orange color, and some crossed and embossed lines.
Source Adam Anlauf