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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Rice Paper 2@2X #341
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0One can never have too few rice paper patterns, so here is one more.
Source Atle Mo
Light Toast #759
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0Has nothing to do with toast, but it’s nice and subtle.
Source Pippin Lee
Use Your Illusion #917
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0A dark one with geometric shapes and dotted lines.
Source Mohawk Studios
Cartographer@2X #750
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0A topographic map like this has actually been requested a few times, so here you go!
Source Sam Feyaerts
Floral pattern 11 #1770
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Abstract Background Design No Black@2X #790
Noise CC 0Prismatic Abstract Background Design No Black
Source GDJ
Mossy planks #2565
Wood CC 0A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
Background pattern green #1947
Green CC 0To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Triangular@2X #1157
Gray CC BY-SA 3.0Dare I call this a «flat pattern»? Probably not.
Source Dax Kieran
Tessellation 13 variant 1 #2532
Yellow CC 0Original seamless pattern with an Inkscape filter.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 258 #2135
Dark CC 0Remixed from a design on Pixabay. To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Escheresque@2X #778
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Cubes as far as your eyes can see. You know, because they tile.
Source Jan Meeus
Dark Brown Fabric-Like Texture #963
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0A seamless striped fabric-like texture colored in a dark reddish brown color.
Source V. Hartikainen
Diagonales Decalées #1018
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Sounds French. Some 3D square diagonals, that’s all you need to know.
Source Graphiste
White Brick Wall #593
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0If you’re sick of the fancy 3D, grunge and noisy patterns, take a look at this flat 2D brick wall.
Source Listvetra
Background pattern 214 (colour 5) #2374
Green CC 0A seamless chequerboard pattern formed from a tile that can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i. Alternative colour scheme.
Source Firkin
Japanese family crest called chidori #2443
Fabric CC 0The image depicts a seamless pattern of a Japanese family crest called "chidori" in Japanese .A chidori in Japanese means a plover in English.
Source Yamachem
Ocean decorative divider #1904
Dark CC 0Vector version of a png that was uploaded to Pixabay by pencilparker
Source Firkin
Fabric Pattern with Stitch Holes #1163
Fabric CC BY-SA 3.0A grayscale fabric pattern with vertical lines of stitch holes.
Source V. Hartikainen
Background pattern 235 (colour 2) #2254
Blue CC 0To get the tile this is formed from select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Tessellation 15 (colour 2) #2221
Yellow CC 0The unit cell for this seamless pattern can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Flourish 3 #2298
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Gately's World's Progress', Charles Beale, 1886.
Source Firkin
Inspiration Geometry #1175
Unknow CC BY-SA 3.0This one is rather fun and playful. The 2X could be used at 1X too!
Source Welsley
overlay crack #153
Noise CC 0This pack of filters can help you adding a blocky overlay to objects. May come handy at drawing blocks of stone.
Source Lazur URH