A simple circle. That’s all it takes. This one is even transparent, for those who like that.
Source Saqib
Paper pattern with small dust particles and 45-degree strokes.
Source Atle Mo
Can never have too many knitting patterns, especially as nice as this.
Source Victoria Spahn
Prismatic Hexagonalism Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
Embossed lines and squares with subtle highlights.
Source Alex Parker
One more from Badhon, sharp horizontal lines making an embossed paper feeling.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
This ladies and gentlemen, is texturetastic! Love it.
Source Adam Pickering
Remixed from a drawing that was uploaded to Pixabay by ractapopulous
Source Firkin
Light gray pattern with an almost wall tile-like appearance.
Source Markus Tinner
A dark gray, sandy pattern with small light dots, and some angled strokes.
Source Atle Mo
The tile this is based on can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Looks a bit like concrete with subtle specks spread around the pattern.
Source Mladjan Antic
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
Drawn in Paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic.
Source Firkin
This is a grid, only it’s noisy. You know. Reminds you of those printed grids you draw on.
Source Vectorpile
Brushed aluminum, in a bright gray version. Lovely 2X as well.
Source Andre Schouten
The classic subtle pattern. Sort of wall/brick looking. Or moon-looking?
Source Joel Klein
Snap! It’s a pattern, and it’s not grayscale! Of course you can always change the color in Photoshop.
Source Atle Mo
One week and it's Easter already. Thought I would revisit the decorated egg contest at inkscape community: http://forum.inkscapecommunity.com/index.php?topic=118.0
Source Lazur URH
This one is amazing, truly original. Go use it!
Source Viahorizon
One can never have too few rice paper patterns, so here is one more.
Source Atle Mo