Micro Carbon@2X #8
Carbon CC BY-SA 3.0Three shades of gray makes this pattern look like a small carbon fiber surface. Great readability even for small fonts.
Source Atle Mo
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Decorative divider 228 #2154
Dark CC 0Remixed from a design found in 'History of the Virginia Company of London; with letters to and from the first Colony, never before printed', Edward Neill, 1869.
Source Firkin
Decorative divider 274 #1922
Dark CC 0Redrawn based on a drawing in 'По Сѣверо-Западу Россіи' Konstantin Sluchevsky, 1897.
Source Firkin
Abstract Geometric Monochrome Pattern Prismatic No Background #385
Noise CC 0Abstract Geometric Monochrome Pattern Prismatic No Background
Source GDJ
The Black Mamba #769
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Super dark, crisp and detailed. And a Kill Bill reference.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
Tessellation 10 (variant 2) #2544
Grid CC 0An alternative colour scheme to the original seamless pattern.
Source Firkin
White Carbon Fiber #823
Light CC BY-SA 3.0More carbon fiber for your collections. This time in white or semi-dark gray.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
Blue on White Background Pattern #993
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0A background pattern with blue on white vertical stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
Leafy pattern 9 #1802
Green CC 0Remixed from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by KirstenStar
Source Firkin
Floral pattern 15 #1753
Dark CC 0The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Pattern generator #161
Noise CC 0A simple example on using clones. You can generate a nice base for a pattern fill quickly with it.
Source Lazur URH
Brick Wall@2X #1147
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0One more brick pattern. A bit more depth to this one.
Source Benjamin Ward
Prismatic Chevrons Pattern 5 With Background #469
Dark CC 0Prismatic Chevrons Pattern 5 With Background
Source GDJ
Background pattern 105 #563
Dark CC 0A seamless pattern formed from background pattern 102
Source Firkin
Light Gray@2X #1204
Gray CC BY-SA 3.0Like the name says, light and gray, with some small dots and circles.
Source Brenda Lay
Black Thread@2X #600
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Geometric lines are always hot, and this pattern is no exception.
Source Listvetra
Green Fibers@2X #92
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0The green fibers pattern will work very well in grayscale as well.
Source Matteo Di Capua
Skewed Print #819
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0An interesting dark spotted pattern at an angle.
Source Hendrik Lammers
Flower Trail #741
Noise CC BY-SA 3.0Sharp pixel pattern, just like the good old days.
Source Paridhi
Background pattern 272 (colour 2) #2056
Pink CC 0A seamless pattern the unit cell for which can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Binding Light@2X #1137
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Light gray version of the Binding pattern that looks a bit like fabric.
Source Newbury
Blue #1264
Paper CC 0Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Decorative divider 292 #1774
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Billie Holiday #1002
Light CC BY-SA 3.0No relation to the band, but damn it’s subtle!
Source Thomas Myrman
Fabric of Squares@2X #1096
Light CC BY-SA 3.0As far as fabric patterns goes, this is quite crisp.
Source Heliodor Jalba