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Cardboard #278
 Paper  CC BY-SA 3.0

A good starting point for a cardboard pattern. This would work well in a variety of colors.

Source Atle Mo

Leafy pattern (colour) #2334
 Fabric  CC 0

To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.

Source Firkin

polka dot seamless pattern remix #2498
 Blue  CC 0

This is the remix of "polka dot seamless pattern".The image depicts polka dot seamless pattern.

Source Yamachem

Snowflake remix #155
 Dark  CC 0

A bit simplified version. Although it could be edited out to be simpler. Anyway, this time the tiling is converted to a pattern fill -which is using clipping for the tile's edges.

Source Lazur URH

Micro Carbon #7
 Carbon  CC BY-SA 3.0

Three shades of gray makes this pattern look like a small carbon fiber surface. Great readability even for small fonts.

Source Atle Mo

Soft Circle Scales@2X #114
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

Japanese looking fish scale pattern.

Source Ian Soper

Axiom Pattern@2X #331
 Grid  CC BY-SA 3.0

Not even 1kb, but very stylish. Gray thin lines.

Source Struck Axiom

Prismatic Geometric Pattern Background #407
 Noise  CC 0

Prismatic Geometric Pattern Background

Source GDJ