More Textures
Micro Carbon #7
 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

Flowery pattern 4 #2328
 Colorful  CC 0

Remixed from a vector adapted from a jpg on Pixabay. The tile this is constructed from can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.

Source Firkin

Diamond pattern (colour 2) #2284
 Green  CC 0

From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Background pattern 238 #2229
 Red  CC 0

To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Seamless Prismatic Pythagorean Line Art Pattern No Background@2X #570
 Light  CC 0

Seamless Prismatic Pythagorean Line Art Pattern No Background. A seamless pattern that includes the original tile (go to Objects / Pattern / Pattern To Objects in Inkscape's menu to extract it).

Source GDJ

Background pattern 306 (colour 4) #1877
 Colorful  CC 0

Seamless pattern the tile for which can be had by using shift-alt-I on the selected rectangle in Inkscape.

Source Firkin

Floral background 20 #1813
 Red  CC 0

Derived from a drawing in 'Elfrica. An historical romance of the twelfth century', Charlotte Boger, 1885

Source Firkin

Lead glass tile #2048
 Colorful  CC 0

Mostly just mucked about with the colours and made one of the paths in the lead frame opaque. The glass remains transparent.

Source Firkin

Background pattern black and white #2030
 Dark  CC 0

A background pattern inspired by designs seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857.

Source Firkin

Noisy@2X #46
 Paper  CC BY-SA 3.0

Looks a bit like concrete with subtle specks spread around the pattern.

Source Mladjan Antic

Tessellation 16 (colour 2) #2214
 Colorful  CC 0

The unit cell for this seamless pattern can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Cardboard@2X #279
 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

Snowflake pattern remix #156
 Dark  CC 0

The base gradient edited so now more details are rendered.

Source Lazur URH

Background pattern 221 #2347
 Dark  CC 0

A seamless pattern formed from a tile made from ornament 22. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Retina Wood #923
 Wood  CC BY-SA 3.0

I’m not going to use the word Retina for all the new patterns, but it just felt right for this one. Huge wood pattern for ya’ll.

Source Atle Mo

Background pattern 201 #2501
 Grid  CC 0

A pattern formed from a squared tile. The tile can be accessed in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.

Source Firkin