It looks like a polished stone surface to me. Download it for free, as always.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'Resa i Afrika, genom Angola, Ovampo och Damaraland', P. Moller, 1899.
Source Firkin
A huge one at 800x600px. Made from a photo I took going home after work.
Source Atle Mo
From a drawing in 'In an Enchanted Island', William Mallock, 1892.
Source Firkin
You know I love paper patterns. Here is one from Stephen. Say thank you!
Source Stephen Gilbert
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
The file was named striped lens, but hey – Translucent Fibres works too.
Source Angelica
I asked Gjermund if he could make a pattern for us – result!
Source Gjermund Gustavsen
From a drawing in 'Resa i Afrika, genom Angola, Ovampo och Damaraland', P. Moller, 1899.
Source Firkin
Inspired by a pattern found in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
A very slick dark rubber grip pattern, sort of like the grip on a camera.
Source Sinisha
I have no idea how to describe this one, but it’s light and delicate.
Source JBasoo
This is so subtle I hope you can see it! Tweak at will.
Source Alexandre Naud
Background formed from the original with an emboss effect
Source GDJ
Love me some light mesh on a Monday. Sharp.
Source Wilmotte Bastien
Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
A monochrome pattern from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscaope and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Abstract Ellipses Background Grayscale
Source GDJ
It’s okay to be square! A nice light gray pattern with random squares.
Source Waseem Dahman
A pattern derived from repeating unit cells each derived from part of a mosaic in paint.net. The starting point for the mosaic was a picture of some prawns!
Source Firkin
Seamless Light Background Texture.
Source V. Hartikainen
A bit strange this one, but nice at the same time.
Source Diogo Silva
So tiny, just 7 by 7 pixels – but still so sexy. Ah yes.
Source Dmitriy Prodchenko
Just to prove my point, here is a slightly modified dark version.
Source Atle Mo
A bit like smudged paint or some sort of steel, here is scribble light.
Source Tegan Male