The green fibers pattern will work very well in grayscale as well.
Source Matteo Di Capua
Scanned some rice paper and tiled it up for you. Enjoy.
Source Atle Mo
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Simple gray checkered lines, in light tones.
Source Radosław Rzepecki
Kaleidoscope Prismatic Abstract No Background
Source GDJ
Remixed from a drawing in 'Paul's Sister', Frances Peard, 1889.
Source Firkin
Nice little grid. Would work great as a base on top of some other patterns.
Source Arno Gregorian
The tile this fill pattern is based on can be had by using shift+alt+i on the rectangle.
Source Firkin
A floral background formed from numerous clones of flower 117.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'La Principauté de Liège et les Pays-Bas au XVIe siècle', Société des Bibliophiles Liégeois ,1887.
Source Firkin
More leather, and this time it’s bigger! You know, in case you need that.
Source Elemis
An emulated “transparent” background pattern, like that of all kinds of computer graphics software.
Source AdamStanislav
A light gray wall or floor (you decide) of concrete.
Source Atle Mo
From a drawing in 'Navigations de Alouys de Cademoste.-La Navigation du Capitaine Pierre Sintre', Alvise da ca da Mosto, 1895.
Source Firkin
Light gray paper pattern with small traces of fiber and some dust.
Source Atle Mo
This one is something special. I’d call it a flat pattern, too. Very well done, sir!
Source GetDiscount
A seamless pattern of dark bricks. Maybe it's not very realistic, but it looks good in my opinion.
Source V. Hartikainen
All good things come in threes, so I give you the third in my little concrete wall series.
Source Atle Mo
U.S.-based National Fire Protection Association standard fire diamond for flagging risks posed by hazardous materials. The red diamond has a number 0-4 depending on flammability. The blue diamond has a number 0-4 depending on health hazard. The yellow has a number 0-4 depending on reactivity. the white square has a special notice, e.g OX for oxidizer.
Source Firkin
You know you can’t get enough of these linen-fabric-y patterns.
Source James Basoo
Did anyone say The Hoff? This pattern is in no way related to Baywatch.
Source Josh Green
Prismatic Geometric Pattern Background No Black
Source GDJ
Prismatic Isometric Cube Extra Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
Nicely executed tiling for an interesting pattern.
Source Ignasi Àvila Padró