More Textures
White carbon #11
 Carbon  CC BY-SA 3.0

Same as the black version, but now in shades of gray. Very subtle and fine grained.

Source Atle Mo

edo pattern-samekomon #2271
 Dark  CC 0

The image depicts an edo-era pattern called "same-komon" or "鮫小紋"which looks like a shark skin.The "same" in Japanese means shark in English.

Source Yamachem

Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 4 No Black #441
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Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 4 No Black

Source GDJ

Background pattern 270 #2061
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A seamless pattern the unit cell for which can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i

Source Firkin

Black Linen #63
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

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

Source Atle Mo

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

White Sand@2X #20
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

Same as gray sand but lighter. A sandy pattern with small light dots, and some angled strokes.

Source Atle Mo

Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 8 No Background #549
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Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 8 No Background

Source GDJ

Black Scales #191
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

Same as Silver Scales, but in black. Turn your site into a dragon with this great scale pattern.

Source Alex Parker

Fabric pattern #2402
 Fabric  CC 0

Alternative colour scheme. 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

Background pattern 250 (colour) #2171
 Yellow  CC 0

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

Source Firkin

Beige Paper #83
 Paper  CC BY-SA 3.0

This was submitted in a beige color, hence the name. Now it’s a gray paper pattern.

Source Konstantin Ivanov

Paper 1 #15
 Paper  CC BY-SA 3.0

A slightly grainy paper pattern with small horizontal and vertical strokes.

Source Atle Mo

Colorful Floral Background 2 #487
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Colorful Floral Background 2

Source GDJ

Background pattern 254 (colour) #2143
 Colorful  CC 0

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

Source Firkin

Pattern generator #161
 Noise  CC 0

A simple example on using clones. You can generate a nice base for a pattern fill quickly with it.

Source Lazur URH