In the spirit of WWDC 2011, here is a dark iOS inspired linen pattern.
Source Atle Mo
Geometric triangles seem to be quite hot these days.
Source Pixeden
Recreated from a pattern found in 'Az Osztrák-Magyar Monarchia irásban és képben', 1882. To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Vector version of a JPG that was uploaded to Pixabay by theasad121
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Two Women in the Klondike', Mary Hitchcock, 1899.
Source Firkin
Dark, crisp and subtle. Tiny black lines on top of some noise.
Source Wilmotte Bastien
A re-make of the Gradient Squares pattern.
Source Dimitar Karaytchev
A brown seamless wood texture in a form of stripe pattern. The result has turned out pretty well, in my opinion.
Source V. Hartikainen
Background formed from the iconic plastic construction bricks that gave me endless hours of fun when I was a lad.
Source Firkin
The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
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
The image is a remix of "edo pattern-samekomon".I changed the color of dots from black to white and added BG in light-brown.
Source Yamachem
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Feel free to download and use it, or see the rest of the dark background patterns that I have made. Anyway, I hope you will find something that you like.
Source V. Hartikainen
CC0 and a seamless pattern from a tile drawn in Paint.net .
Source SliverKnight
There are many carbon patterns, but this one is tiny.
Source Designova
Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 4
Source GDJ
I skipped number 3, because it wasn’t all that great. Sorry.
Source Dima Shiper
Prismatic Snowflakes Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
From drawing in 'Musings in Maoriland', Thomas Bracken, 1890.
Source Firkin
Just what the name says, paper fibers. Always good to have.
Source Heliodor jalba