Darth Stripe@2X #100
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

Diagonal lines with a lot of texture to them.

Source Ashton

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Abstract Ellipses Background Grayscale #378
 Dark  CC 0

Abstract Ellipses Background Grayscale

Source GDJ

Brushed Alum #67
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

A light brushed aluminum pattern for your pleasure.

Source Tim Ward

Retro Circles Background 5 No Black@2X #427
 Noise  CC 0

Retro Circles Background 5 No Black

Source GDJ

fawn spot pattern #2472
 Dark  CC 0

The image depicts a Japanese Edo pattern called "kanoko or 鹿の子" meaning "fawn" which has a fur with small white spots.

Source Yamachem

Seamless Prismatic Pythagorean Line Art Pattern No Background #569
 Light  CC 0

Seamless Prismatic Pythagorean Line Art Pattern No Background. A seamless pattern that includes the original tile (go to Objects / Pattern / Pattern To Objects in Inkscape's menu to extract it).

Source GDJ

Prismatic Polka Dots Mark II 2 No Background #532
 Noise  CC 0

Prismatic Polka Dots Mark II 2 No Background

Source GDJ

Background pattern 259 (colour 5) #2098
 Pink  CC 0

Remixed from a design seen on Pixabay. The basic tile can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i

Source Firkin

Background pattern 259 #2133
 Red  CC 0

Remixed from a design seen on Pixabay. The basic tile can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Green Fibers@2X #92
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

The green fibers pattern will work very well in grayscale as well.

Source Matteo Di Capua

Carbon Fiber v2@2X #106
 Carbon  CC BY-SA 3.0

One more updated pattern. Not really carbon fiber, but it’s the most popular pattern, so I’ll give you an extra choice.

Source Atle Mo

Micro Carbon@2X #8
 Carbon  CC BY-SA 3.0

Three shades of gray makes this pattern look like a small carbon fiber surface. Great readability even for small fonts.

Source Atle Mo

Vichy #71
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

This one could be the shirt of a golf player. Angled lines in different thicknesses.

Source Olivier Pineda

Background pattern pink #1954
 Pink  CC 0

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

Source Firkin

Background pattern 225 (colour 5) #2323
 Blue  CC 0

Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be extracted by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.

Source Firkin

Medic Packaging Foil #376
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

8 by 8 pixels, and just what the title says.

Source pixilated

Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 2@2X #454
 Noise  CC 0

Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 2

Source GDJ

Decorative divider 189 #2518
 Dark  CC 0

From a drawing in 'Uit de geschiedenis der Heilige Stede te Amsterdam', Yohannes Sterck, 1898.

Source Firkin