The name Paisley reminds me of an old British servant. That’s just me.
Source Swetha
The Grid. A digital frontier. I tried to picture clusters of information as they traveled through the computer.
Source Haris Šumić
I’m guessing this is related to the Sony Vaio? It’s a nice pattern no matter where it’s from.
Source Zigzain
Prismatic Abstract Background Design No Black
Source GDJ
Light gray grunge wall with a nice texture overlay.
Source Adam Anlauf
Snap! It’s a pattern, and it’s not grayscale! Of course you can always change the color in Photoshop.
Source Atle Mo
Remixed from a drawing in 'Hungary. A guide book. By several authors', 1890.
Source Firkin
This is so subtle I hope you can see it! Tweak at will.
Source Alexandre Naud
Prismatic Basic Pattern 2 No Background
Source GDJ
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 2
Source GDJ
A bit simplified version. Although it could be edited out to be simpler. Anyway, this time the tiling is converted to a pattern fill -which is using clipping for the tile's edges.
Source Lazur URH
Drawn in Paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern formed from a square tile. The tile can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-I.
Source Firkin
Formed from a tile based on a drawing from 'Viaggi d'un artista nell'America Meridionale', Guido Boggiani, 1895.
Source Firkin
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
Might not be super subtle, but quite original in its form.
Source Alex Smith
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'La Principauté de Liège et les Pays-Bas au XVIe siècle', Société des Bibliophiles Liégeois ,1887.
Source Firkin
From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
The following orange background pattern resembles a honeycomb.
Source V. Hartikainen
More Japanese-inspired patterns, Gold Scales this time.
Source Josh Green