P4@2X #1112
Light CC BY-SA 3.0I skipped number 3, because it wasn’t all that great. Sorry.
Source Dima Shiper
More Textures
Background pattern 250 #2172
Dark CC 0To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Robots@2X #126
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0And some more testing, this time with Seamless Studio. It’s Robots FFS!
Source Seamless Studio
Colourful background #2011
Colorful CC 0Made by distorting a simple pattern using the 'sin waves' plugin for Paint.net and vectorising in Vector Magic
Source Firkin
Grid@2X #975
Gray CC BY-SA 3.0There are quite a few grid patterns, but this one is a super tiny grid with some dust for good measure.
Source Dominik Kiss
45-Degree Fabric #1
Fabric CC BY-SA 3.0Medium gray fabric pattern with 45-degree lines going across.
Source Atle Mo
White Wall #771
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0A huge one at 800x600px. Made from a photo I took going home after work.
Source Atle Mo
Random Grey Variations #69
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0Stefan is hard at work, this time with a funky pattern of squares.
Source Stefan Aleksić
Grey Washed Wall@2X #1129
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0This is a semi-dark pattern, sort of linen-y.
Source Sagive SEO
Sine wave background #1735
Dark CC 0The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Background pattern 260 #2094
Orange CC 0Tile available in Inkscape using shift-alt-i on the selected rectangle
Source Firkin
Black Linen #63
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0In the spirit of WWDC 2011, here is a dark iOS inspired linen pattern.
Source Atle Mo
Tile-able Black Paper Background #1076
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0A black tile-able background with paper-like texture.
Source V. Hartikainen
Tex2res3 #723
Fabric CC BY-SA 3.0Number 4 in a series of 5 beautiful patterns. Can be found in colors on the submitter’s website.
Source Janos Koos
Background pattern 264 #2071
Orange CC 0The 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
Paper@2X #658
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0Nicely crafted paper pattern, although a bit on the large side (500x593px).
Source Blaq Annabiosis
Subtle Surface@2X #926
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Super subtle indeed, a medium gray pattern with tiny dots in a grid.
Source Designova
White carbon #11
Carbon CC BY-SA 3.0Same as the black version, but now in shades of gray. Very subtle and fine grained.
Source Atle Mo
Background pattern 336 #1721
Pink CC 0Formed by distorting the inside front cover of 'Diversæ insectarum volatilium : icones ad vivum accuratissmè depictæ per celeberrimum pictorem', Jacob Hoefnagel, 1630.
Source Firkin
Axiom Pattern@2X #331
Grid CC BY-SA 3.0Not even 1kb, but very stylish. Gray thin lines.
Source Struck Axiom
Stylized lion design #2089
Dark CC 0Derived from a drawing in 'Historiske Afhandlinger', Adolf Jorgensen, 1898.
Source Firkin