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Cardboard@2X #279
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0A good starting point for a cardboard pattern. This would work well in a variety of colors.
Source Atle Mo
Decorative divider 271 #1923
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'Incidents on a Journey through Nubia to Darfoor', F. Ensor, 1891.
Source Firkin
Subtle Carbon@2X #950
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0There are many carbon patterns, but this one is tiny.
Source Designova
Rocky Wall@2X #42
Light CC BY-SA 3.0High detail stone wall with minor cracks and specks.
Source Projecteightyfive
Iron Grip #587
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Sounds like something from World of Warcraft. Has to be good.
Source Tony Kinard
Seamless 3D Isometric Tessellation Pattern 2 #147
Light CC 0A seamless pattern that includes the original tile (go to Objects / Pattern / Pattern To Objects in Inkscape's menu to extract it).
Source GDJ
Mirrored Squares@2X #124
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Did some testing with Repper Pro tonight, and this gray mid-tone pattern came out.
Source Atle Mo
Light Gray@2X #1204
Gray CC BY-SA 3.0Like the name says, light and gray, with some small dots and circles.
Source Brenda Lay
Subtle Carbon #949
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0There are many carbon patterns, but this one is tiny.
Source Designova
Cincinnati tablet 2 #2146
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'Prehistoric Man: researches into the origin of civilisation in the old and the new world', Daniel Wilson, 1876.
Source Firkin
Rubber Grip@2X #102
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0A very slick dark rubber grip pattern, sort of like the grip on a camera.
Source Sinisha
Light Orange Brown Wallpaper #911
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0A free light orange brown wallpaper with vertical stripes designed for use as a tiled background on websites. An yet another background pattern with vertical stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
Brushed Alum@2X #68
Light CC BY-SA 3.0A light brushed aluminum pattern for your pleasure.
Source Tim Ward
Inspiration Geometry #1175
Unknow CC BY-SA 3.0This one is rather fun and playful. The 2X could be used at 1X too!
Source Welsley
polka dot seamless pattern remix #2498
Blue CC 0This is the remix of "polka dot seamless pattern".The image depicts polka dot seamless pattern.
Source Yamachem
"Maple", Seamless Wood Texture #883
Wood CC BY-SA 3.0Here I have tried to create something that would look like maple wood. Not sure how well it's turned out, but at least it looks like wood.
Source V. Hartikainen
Floral background 22 #1780
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Decorative divider 242 #2083
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
Micro Carbon #7
Carbon CC BY-SA 3.0Three shades of gray makes this pattern look like a small carbon fiber surface. Great readability even for small fonts.
Source Atle Mo
"Polished Stone", Gray Background Pattern #1053
Stone CC BY-SA 3.0A seamless gray background texture suitable for use on websites. To me, it has the look of stone. Feel free to modify it to meet your needs (by making it a bit lighter or darker, for example).
Source V. Hartikainen
Background pattern green #2027
Green CC 0Remixed from a design seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857. The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin