Three shades of gray makes this pattern look like a small carbon fiber surface. Great readability even for small fonts.
Source Atle Mo
You can never get enough of these tiny pixel patterns with sharp lines.
Source Designova
It was called Navy Blue, but I made it dark. You know, the way I like it.
Source Ethan Hamilton
Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
A seamlessly repeating background pattern of wood. The image is procedurally generated, and, I think, it's turned out quite well.
Source V. Hartikainen
This is so subtle you need to bring your magnifier!
Source Carlos Valdez
Prismatic Rounded Squares Grid 4 No Background
Source GDJ
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Not a pattern for fabrics, but one produced from a jpg of a stack of fabric items that was posted on Pixabay. The tile that this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Black And White Floral Pattern Background from PDP.
Source GDJ
Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 4 No Black
Source GDJ
No, not the band but the pattern. Simple squares in gray tones, of course.
Source Atle Mo
Number 1 in a series of 5 beautiful patterns. Can be found in colors on the submitter’s website.
Source Janos Koos
A hint of orange color, and some crossed and embossed lines.
Source Adam Anlauf
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 2
Source GDJ
Prismatic Polka Dots Mark II 2 No Background
Source GDJ
From a drawing in 'Navigations de Alouys de Cademoste.-La Navigation du Capitaine Pierre Sintre', Alvise da ca da Mosto, 1895.
Source Firkin
I skipped number 3, because it wasn’t all that great. Sorry.
Source Dima Shiper
The tile for this is based on a repeating unit close to a design on Pixabay. It can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Could be paper, could be a Polaroid frame – up to you!
Source Chaos
Prismatic Hypnotic Pattern 2 No Background
Source GDJ
Seamless , tileable CC-0 texture. Created by my own, feel free to use wherever you want!
Source Linolafett
Remixed from a JPG that was uploaded to Pixabay by theasad121
Source Firkin
A free pink background pattern.
Source V. Hartikainen