Just to prove my point, here is a slightly modified dark version.
Source Atle Mo
The starting point for this was drawn on the web site steamcoded.org/PolyskelionMaker.svg
Source Firkin
Crossing lines with a subtle emboss effect on a dark background.
Source Stefan Aleksić
A seamless chequerboard pattern formed from a tile that can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Abstract Ellipses Background Grayscale
Source GDJ
Prismatic Geometric Tessellation Pattern 4 No Background
Source GDJ
Light honeycomb pattern made up of the classic hexagon shape.
Source Federica Pelzel
Pattern #100! A black classic knit-looking pattern.
Source Factorio.us Collective
I’m starting to think I have a concrete wall fetish.
Source Atle Mo
From a drawing in 'Chambéry à la fin du XIVe siècle', Timoleon Chapperon, 1863.
Source Firkin
Number 3 in a series of 5 beautiful patterns. Can be found in colors on the submitter’s website.
Source Janos Koos
Textured Red Brown Plastic, Free Background Pattern. Although there's already enough plastic in our lives, let's bring it to the web too.)
Source V. Hartikainen
A seamless background pattern with a texture of wood planks. This wood background pattern has vertically arranged planks. You may try to rotate it 90°, to see how it will look like when the wood planks are arranged horizontally.
Source V. Hartikainen
Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 4
Source GDJ
A pattern formed from a squared tile. The tile can be accessed in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
If you like it a bit trippy, this wave pattern might be for you.
Source Ian Soper
The classic 45-degree diagonal line pattern, done right.
Source Jorick van Hees
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
This is indeed a bit strange, but here’s to the crazy ones!
Source Christopher Buecheler
Super subtle indeed, a medium gray pattern with tiny dots in a grid.
Source Designova