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

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Abstract Tiled Background Extended 8 #519
 Noise  CC 0

Abstract Tiled Background Extended 8

Source GDJ

Diamond pattern (colour 5) #2281
 Red  CC 0

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

Source Firkin

Background pattern 277 (colour) #2031
 Orange  CC 0

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

Source Firkin

Part of Bayeux Tapestry 2 #2451
 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

Floral pattern 7 (colour 5) #2287
 Green  CC 0

Utilising some flowers from Almeidah. To get the unit tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.

Source Firkin

Pinstripe #35
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

Light gray pattern with a thin pinstripe.

Source Brandon

Visual illusion #2586
 Grid  CC 0

The edges of all the red objects line up either vertically or horizontally, but it doesn't appear so. Made from a square tile that can be got by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

pattern cleanup filtered #151
 Noise  CC 0

With a fabric filter added.Tags

Source Lazur URH

Floral design 100 (version 2, colour) #1772
 Green  CC 0

From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.

Source Firkin

Part of Bayeux Tapestry 6 #2444
 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

Stripy checkerboard pattern 2 #1767
 Dark  CC 0

Simple combination of stripy squares with their negatively coloured counterparts

Source Firkin

Squares@2X #303
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

Dark, square, clean and tidy. What more can you ask for?

Source Jaromír Kavan

Floral background 2@2X #430
 Wall  CC 0

Background formed from the original with an emboss effect

Source GDJ

WaveCut #75
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

If you like it a bit trippy, this wave pattern might be for you.

Source Ian Soper

Background pattern 259 (colour 2) #2132
 Green  CC 0

Remixed from a design seen on Pixabay. The basic tile can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin