Gun Metal@2X #361
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

With a name this awesome, how can I go wrong?

Source Nikolay Boltachev

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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 Hypnotic Pattern 2 No Background #573
 Noise  CC 0

Prismatic Hypnotic Pattern 2 No Background

Source GDJ

Geometric pattern #2003
 Grid  CC 0

A monochrome pattern from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscaope and using shift+alt+i

Source Firkin

Part of Bayeux Tapestry 4 #2446
 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

Background pattern 208 #2465
 Grid  CC 0

A seamless pattern created from a square tile. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Colorful Floral Background 3 No Black #485
 Light  CC 0

Colorful Floral Background 3 No Black

Source GDJ

Background pattern 266 #2068
 Dark  CC 0

Remixed from a drawing in 'Some account of the Worshipful Company of Ironmongers', John Nicholl, 1866.

Source Firkin

Retro Circles Background 4 #420
 Dark  CC 0

Retro Circles Background 4

Source GDJ

Background pattern 227 (colour 6) #2309
 Red  CC 0

A seamless background drawn in Paint.net and vectorised with Vector Magic. The starting point was a photograph of drinking straws from Pixabay.

Source Firkin

Background pattern 215 (colour 2) #2370
 Blue  CC 0

A grid of squares with green colours. Since the colours are randomly distributed it is automatically seamless.

Source Firkin

Prismatic Geometric Pattern Background #407
 Noise  CC 0

Prismatic Geometric Pattern Background

Source GDJ

Prismatic Dots Background 3@2X #506
 Noise  CC 0

Prismatic Dots Background 3

Source GDJ