Oh yes, it happened! A pattern in full color.
Source Atle Mo
A comeback for you: the popular Escheresque, now in black.
Source Patten
Did anyone say The Hoff? This pattern is in no way related to Baywatch.
Source Josh Green
From a drawing in 'La Principauté de Liège et les Pays-Bas au XVIe siècle', Société des Bibliophiles Liégeois ,1887.
Source Firkin
Bright gray tones with a hint of some metal surface.
Source Hendrik Lammers
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'The March of Loyalty', Letitia MacClintock, 1884.
Source Firkin
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Cowdray: the history of a great English House', Julia Roundell, 1884.
Source Firkin
Black And White Floral Pattern Background from PDP.
Source GDJ
A nice one indeed, but I have a feeling we have it already? If you spot a copy, let me know on Twitter.
Source Graphiste
A topographic map like this has actually been requested a few times, so here you go!
Source Sam Feyaerts
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A free seamless background with pink spots.
Source V. Hartikainen
Remixed from a drawing in 'The March of Loyalty', Letitia MacClintock, 1884.
Source Firkin
Zero CC tileable hard cover cells book texture, 4k, scanned and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
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
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background No Black
Source GDJ
Smooth Polaroid pattern with a light blue tint.
Source Daniel Beaton
Lovely pattern with some good-looking non-random noise lines.
Source Zucx