Wood Pattern #370
 Wood  CC BY-SA 3.0

One of the few full-color patterns here, but this one was just too good to pass up.

Source Alexey Usoltsev

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Checkered Pattern@2X #323
 Grid  CC BY-SA 3.0

Simple gray checkered lines, in light tones.

Source Radosław Rzepecki

Paven #296
 Grid  CC BY-SA 3.0

A subtle shadowed checkered pattern. Increase the lightness for even more subtle sexiness.

Source Josh Green

Background pattern 1 #220
 Noise  CC 0

A pattern derived from repeating unit cells each derived from part of a fractal rendering in paint.net.

Source Firkin

Background pattern 336 (colour 3) #1719
 Blue  CC 0

Formed by distorting the inside front cover of 'Diversæ insectarum volatilium : icones ad vivum accuratissmè depictæ per celeberrimum pictorem', Jacob Hoefnagel, 1630.

Source Firkin

Vintage pattern #1960
 Grid  CC 0

Formed from a tile based on a drawing from 'Viaggi d'un artista nell'America Meridionale', Guido Boggiani, 1895.

Source Firkin

Pattern cleanup filtered 2 #152
 Noise  CC 0

Cleanup with gradients and filtering.

Source Lazur URH

Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 7 No Background #547
 Noise  CC 0

Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 7 No Background

Source GDJ

3px Tile@2X #343
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

Tiny dark square tiles with varied color tones.

Source Gre3g

Background pattern 225 (colour 3) #2325
 Pink  CC 0

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

Source Firkin

"Blue Marble", Tileable Background #1027
 Stone  CC BY-SA 3.0

This background image is great for using in web design or graphic design projects. And don't forget to visit the homepage. I frequently update this resource with fresh tileable backgrounds.

Source V. Hartikainen