Background pattern 201 #2501
 Grid  CC 0

A pattern formed from a squared tile. The tile can be accessed in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.

Source Firkin

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Grilled Noise@2X #582
 Fabric  CC BY-SA 3.0

You could get a bit dizzy from this one, but it might come in handy.

Source Dertig Media

Polonez Pattern@2X #335
 Gray  CC BY-SA 3.0

A car pattern?! Can it be subtle? I say yes!

Source Radosław Rzepecki

Carbon Fiber v2 #105
 Carbon  CC BY-SA 3.0

One more updated pattern. Not really carbon fiber, but it’s the most popular pattern, so I’ll give you an extra choice.

Source Atle Mo

Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 6 No Background@2X #546
 Dark  CC 0

Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 6 No Background

Source GDJ

Leafy design 18 (colour)@2XaFloral design 96 (colour) #1787
 Green  CC 0

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

Source Firkin

Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 4 No Black@2X #464
 Noise  CC 0

Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 4 No Black

Source GDJ

Background pattern 265 #2081
 Dark  CC 0

Remixed from a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892. The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i

Source Firkin

Gun Metal@2X #361
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

With a name this awesome, how can I go wrong?

Source Nikolay Boltachev

Background pattern 306 #1882
 Colorful  CC 0

Seamless pattern the tile for which can be had by using shift-alt-I on the selected rectangle in Inkscape.

Source Firkin

Background pattern 223 (colour 3) #2351
 Green  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

Vintage tile background (colour 2) #2247
 Pink  CC 0

A background formed from an image of an old tile on the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art website. To get the base tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.

Source Firkin

Hibiscus Flowers Seamless Background #229
 Fabric  CC 0

PDP

Source GDJ