More Textures
Black Linen #63
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

In the spirit of WWDC 2011, here is a dark iOS inspired linen pattern.

Source Atle Mo

Art nouveau tile pattern remix #2529
 Green  CC 0

A seamless pattern formed from a modified version of rwwgub's tile. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Paper texture filter #149
 Paper  CC 0

Filter simulating the texture of heavy paper.

Source Kelan

Pattern generator #161
 Noise  CC 0

A simple example on using clones. You can generate a nice base for a pattern fill quickly with it.

Source Lazur URH

Checkered Light Emboss@2X #281
 Grid  CC BY-SA 3.0

Sort of like the Photoshop transparent background, but better!

Source Alex Parker

Sine wave background #1735
 Dark  CC 0

The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i

Source Firkin

Circles #185
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

One more sharp little tile for you. Subtle circles this time.

Source Blunia

Prismatic Triangular Seamless Pattern III With Background #273
 Dark  CC 0

Prismatic Triangular Seamless Pattern III With Background

Source GDJ

Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 2@2X #454
 Noise  CC 0

Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 2

Source GDJ

Background pattern #2000
 Dark  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

Dark Stripes #39
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

Very dark pattern with some noise and 45-degree lines.

Source Stefan Aleksić

Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background@2X #450
 Noise  CC 0

Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background

Source GDJ

"Maple", Seamless Wood Texture #883
 Wood  CC BY-SA 3.0

Here 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