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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

Type@2X #277
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

The perfect pattern for all your blogs about type, or type-related matters.

Source Atle Mo

Background pattern 252 #2162
 Dark  CC 0

Recreated from a pattern found in 'Az Osztrák-Magyar Monarchia irásban és képben', 1882. To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Prismatic Chevrons Pattern 5 With Background@2X #470
 Dark  CC 0

Prismatic Chevrons Pattern 5 With Background

Source GDJ

Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 3 No Black@2X #460
 Noise  CC 0

Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 3 No Black

Source GDJ

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

Floral Seamless Pattern Background #261
 Fabric  CC 0

PDP

Source GDJ

"Dark Brick Wall", Background Pattern #1024
 Stone  CC BY-SA 3.0

Like the name suggests, this background image consists of a pattern of dark bricks. It may be an option for you, if you are looking for something that looks like a brick wall for use as a background on web pages. It's not a masterpiece, but looks pretty nice when is tiled.

Source V. Hartikainen

Fabric pattern 2 (colour 6) #2391
 Fabric  CC 0

Not a pattern for fabrics, but one produced from a jpg of a stack of fabric items that was posted on Pixabay. The tile that this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin