Alternative colour scheme for the original floral pattern.
Source Firkin
A background pattern inspired by designs seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857.
Source Firkin
The green fibers pattern will work very well in grayscale as well.
Source Matteo Di Capua
Did anyone say The Hoff? This pattern is in no way related to Baywatch.
Source Josh Green
I know there is one here already, but this is sexy!
Source Gjermund Gustavsen
A seamless pattern the starting point for which was a 'rainbow twist' texture in Paint.net.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Abstract Background Design No Black
Source GDJ
Remixed from a drawing in 'Canadian forest industries July-December', 1915
Source Firkin
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 7 No Background
Source GDJ
From a drawing in 'Bond Slaves. The story of a struggle.', Isabella Varley, 1893.
Source Firkin
From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Zero CC tileable brick texture, photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Same classic 45-degree pattern, dark version.
Source Luke McDonald
From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Recreated from a pattern found in 'Az Osztrák-Magyar Monarchia irásban és képben', 1882. 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. A seamless pattern that includes the original tile (go to Objects / Pattern / Pattern To Objects in Inkscape's menu to extract it).
Source GDJ
From a drawing in 'Artists and Arabs', Henry Blackburn, 1868
Source Firkin
Heavy depth and shadows here, but might work well on some mobile apps.
Source Damian Rivas
Three shades of gray makes this pattern look like a small carbon fiber surface. Great readability even for small fonts.
Source Atle Mo