A heavy dark gray base, some subtle noise and a 45-degree grid makes this look like a pattern with a tactile feel to it.
Source Atle Mo
Prismatic Hexagonalist Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
More tactile goodness. This time in the form of some rough cloth.
Source Bartosz Kaszubowski
From a drawing in 'Studies for Stories', Jean Ingelow, 1864.
Source Firkin
Seamless , tileable CC-0 texture. Created by my own, feel free to use wherever you want!
Source Linolafett
Not the most creative name, but it’s a good all-purpose light background.
Source Dmitry
Alternative colour scheme for the original floral pattern.
Source Firkin
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
You know I’m a sucker for these. Well-crafted paper pattern.
Source Mihaela Hinayon
Did some testing with Repper Pro tonight, and this gray mid-tone pattern came out.
Source Atle Mo
A seamless chequerboard pattern formed from a tile that can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i. Alternative colour scheme.
Source Firkin
First pattern tailor-made for Retina, with many more to come. All the old ones are upscaled, in case you want to re-download.
Source Atle Mo
Used correctly, this could be nice. Used in a bad way, all hell will break loose.
Source Atle Mo
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 4 No Black
Source GDJ
Remixed from a JPG that was uploaded to Pixabay by theasad121
Source Firkin
You know, tiny and sharp. I’m sure you’ll find a use for it.
Source Atle Mo
Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Beautiful dark noise pattern with some dust and grunge.
Source Vincent Klaiber
Same as gray sand but lighter. A sandy pattern with small light dots, and some angled strokes.
Source Atle Mo
Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
This is the remix of "Colorful Floral Pattern Background 3" uploaded by "GDJ". Thanks.
Source Yamachem
Seamless Green Tile Background
Source V. Hartikainen
Dark and hard, just the way we like it. Embossed triangles makes a nice pattern.
Source Ivan Ginev
Remixed from a design found in 'History of the Virginia Company of London; with letters to and from the first Colony, never before printed', Edward Neill, 1869.
Source Firkin
More bright luxury. This is a bit larger than fancy deboss, and with a bit more noise.
Source Viszt Péter
Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 2
Source GDJ