Inspired by a pattern found in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
Crossing lines with a subtle emboss effect on a dark background.
Source Stefan Aleksić
Number 1 in a series of 5 beautiful patterns. Can be found in colors on the submitter’s website.
Source Janos Koos
Light honeycomb pattern made up of the classic hexagon shape.
Source Federica Pelzel
From a drawing in 'Picturesque New Guinea', J Lindt, 1887.
Source Firkin
A very slick dark rubber grip pattern, sort of like the grip on a camera.
Source Sinisha
Bit of a strange name on this one, but still nice. Tiny gray square things.
Source Carlos Valdez
With a name like this, it has to be hot. Diagonal lines in light shades.
Source Isaac
Three shades of gray makes this pattern look like a small carbon fiber surface. Great readability even for small fonts.
Source Atle Mo
White circles connecting on a light gray background.
Source Mark Collins
Seamless , tileable CC-0 texture. Created by my own, feel free to use wherever you want!
Source Linolafett
The green fibers pattern will work very well in grayscale as well.
Source Matteo Di Capua
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A lovely light gray pattern with stripes and a dash of noise.
Source V. Hartikainen
An emulated “transparent” background pattern, like that of all kinds of computer graphics software.
Source AdamStanislav
Prismatic Floral Background No Black
Source GDJ
There are many carbon patterns, but this one is tiny.
Source Designova
I’m guessing this is related to the Sony Vaio? It’s a nice pattern no matter where it’s from.
Source Zigzain
Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
A gray background pattern with a texture of textile. Suits perfectly for web design.
Source V. Hartikainen