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

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Star pattern #2410
 Brown  CC 0

A seamless pattern formed from a rectangular tile. The tile can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.

Source Firkin

Vichy #71
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

This one could be the shirt of a golf player. Angled lines in different thicknesses.

Source Olivier Pineda

Background pattern 223 (colour 2) #2352
 Blue  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

Floral design 91 #1814
 Dark  CC 0

From a drawing in 'Hubert Montreuil, or the Huguenot and the Dragoon', Francisca Ouvry, 1873.

Source Firkin

Floral design 71 #2429
 Dark  CC 0

From a drawing in 'From Snowdon to the Sea. Striking stories of North and South Wales', Marie Trevelyan, 1895.

Source Firkin

Background pattern 223 (colour 4) #2350
 Pink  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

Washi@2X #289
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

Washi (和紙?) is a type of paper made in Japan. Here’s the pattern for you!

Source Carolynne

Polonez Pattern@2X #335
 Gray  CC BY-SA 3.0

A car pattern?! Can it be subtle? I say yes!

Source Radosław Rzepecki

Prismatic Dots Background 6@2X #512
 Dark  CC 0

Prismatic Dots Background 6

Source GDJ

Silver Scales #189
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

Turn your site into a dragon with this great scale pattern.

Source Alex Parker

Random Grey Variations@2X #70
 Stripes  CC BY-SA 3.0

Stefan is hard at work, this time with a funky pattern of squares.

Source Stefan Aleksić

Zig-zag pattern 2 #2417
 Grid  CC 0

A seamless pattern based on a rectangular tile that can be retrieved in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.

Source Firkin

Leafy design 18 (colour)@2XaFloral design 96 (colour) #1787
 Green  CC 0

From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.

Source Firkin

Fabric 1 #9
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

Semi-light fabric pattern made out of random pixels in shades of gray.

Source Atle Mo