The green fibers pattern will work very well in grayscale as well.
Source Matteo Di Capua
A large pattern with funky shapes and form. An original. Sort of origami-ish.
Source Luuk van Baars
Used a cherry by doctormo to make this seamless pattern
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
The unit cell for this seamless pattern can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Remixed from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by Pixeline
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use 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
If you want png files of this u can download them here : viscious-speed.deviantart.com/gallery/27635117
Source Viscious-Speed
This is a grid, only it’s noisy. You know. Reminds you of those printed grids you draw on.
Source Vectorpile
Sort of like the Photoshop transparent background, but better!
Source Alex Parker
Prismatic Rounded Squares Grid 4 No Background
Source GDJ
From an image on opengameart.org shared by rubberduck.
Source Firkin
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Background pattern made in "Grunge-Like" style. Available in both SVG and JPG formats. Edit to your needs then click the download button.
Source V. Hartikainen
The tile this fill pattern is based on can be had by using shift+alt+i on the rectangle.
Source Firkin
An alternative colour scheme to the original seamless pattern.
Source Firkin
A smooth mid-tone gray, or low contrast if you will, linen pattern.
Source Jordan Pittman
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Continuing the geometric trend, here is one more.
Source Mike Warner
Simple gray checkered lines, in light tones.
Source Radosław Rzepecki
I love these crisp, tiny, super subtle patterns.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
Square design drawn in Paint.net and vectorized in Vector Magic.
Source Firkin