More Textures
Brushed Alum Dark@2X #66
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

Because I love dark patterns, here is Brushed Alum in a dark coating.

Source Tim Ward

Colorful Floral Background No Black@2X #482
 Light  CC 0

Colorful Floral Background No Black

Source GDJ

Real Carbon Fiber@2X #287
 Carbon  CC BY-SA 3.0

Carbon fiber is never out of fashion, so here is one more style for you.

Source Alfred Lee

Lined Paper #362
 Stripes  CC BY-SA 3.0

The classic notebook paper with horizontal stripes.

Source Are Sundnes

Prismatic Arrows Background #392
 Noise  CC 0

Prismatic Arrows Background

Source GDJ

Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 5@2X #466
 Dark  CC 0

Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 5

Source GDJ

White Plaster #368
 Wall  CC BY-SA 3.0

Sweet and subtle white plaster with hints of noise and grunge.

Source Phil Maurer

Batik Parang Rusak Seamless Pattern(faqeeh)-remix #2450
 Dark  CC 0

As the original image 's page size is too large for its image size, I remixed it.

Source Yamachem

Background pattern 248 #2181
 Dark  CC 0

To get the tile this is made up from select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Black Linen@2X #64
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

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

Source Atle Mo

Background pattern 250 #2172
 Dark  CC 0

To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

White Paperboard #374
 Fabric  CC BY-SA 3.0

Could be paper, could be a Polaroid frame – up to you!

Source Chaos

Retina Dust #915
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

First pattern tailor-made for Retina, with many more to come. All the old ones are upscaled, in case you want to re-download.

Source Atle Mo

Subtle Striped Brown Background Pattern #940
 Stripes  CC BY-SA 3.0

Here's a brown background pattern with subtle stripes. I hope you'll like the color. If not, feel free to change it using an image editor, if you know how of course. Personally, I'm using GIMP to create these backgrounds.

Source V. Hartikainen