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Cardboard #278
 Paper  CC BY-SA 3.0

A good starting point for a cardboard pattern. This would work well in a variety of colors.

Source Atle Mo

Merely Cubed@2X #590
 Grid  CC BY-SA 3.0

Tiny, tiny 3D cubes. Reminds me of the good old pattern from k10k.

Source Etienne Rallion

Lined Paper #362
 Stripes  CC BY-SA 3.0

The classic notebook paper with horizontal stripes.

Source Are Sundnes

Mirrored Squares #123
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

Did some testing with Repper Pro tonight, and this gray mid-tone pattern came out.

Source Atle Mo

Background pattern yellow #1999
 Yellow  CC 0

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

Source Firkin

60º lines #25
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

Never out of fashion and so much hotter than the 45º everyone knows, here is a sweet 60º line pattern.

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

Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 5 No Black #402
 Noise  CC 0

Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 5 No Black

Source GDJ

Part of Bayeux Tapestry 2 #2451
 Noise  CC 0

From a drawing in 'Les Chroniqueurs de l'Histoire de France depuis les origines jusqu'au XVIe siècle', Henriette Witt, 1884.

Source Firkin

Retro Squares Background 6 #396
 Noise  CC 0

Retro Squares Background 6

Source GDJ