Just what the name says, paper fibers. Always good to have.
Source Heliodor jalba
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Very dark pattern with some noise and 45-degree lines.
Source Stefan Aleksić
Remixed from a drawing in 'Some account of the Worshipful Company of Ironmongers', John Nicholl, 1866.
Source Firkin
Colored maple leaves scattered on a surface. This is tileable, so it can be used as a background or wallpaper.
Source Eady
This was formed by distorting an image of a background on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern based on a square tile that can be retrieved in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
A free black metallic background pattern. Here's a new pattern I made that looks metallic.
Source V. Hartikainen
Actually remixed from a pattern on Pixabay. But then noticed a very similar one on Openclipart.org uploaded by btj51q2.
Source Firkin
The basic shapes never get old. Simple triangle pattern.
Source Atle Mo
A green background pattern with warped vertical stripes and a grunge look.
Source V. Hartikainen
Remixed from a drawing in 'Chambéry à la fin du XIVe siècle', Timoleon Chapperon, 1863.
Source Firkin
No idea what Nistri means, but it’s a crisp little pattern nonetheless.
Source Markus Reiter
Greyscale version of a pattern that came out of playing with the 'slinky' plug-in for Paint.net
Source Firkin
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 5
Source GDJ
Simple gray checkered lines, in light tones.
Source Radosław Rzepecki
A subtle shadowed checkered pattern. Increase the lightness for even more subtle sexiness.
Source Josh Green
Nicely executed tiling for an interesting pattern.
Source Ignasi Àvila Padró
Formed by heavily distorting part of a an image of a fish uploaded to Pixabay by GLady
Source Firkin
I asked Gjermund if he could make a pattern for us – result!
Source Gjermund Gustavsen
This is so subtle I hope you can see it! Tweak at will.
Source Alexandre Naud
Dark blue concrete wall with some small dust spots.
Source Atle Mo
The unit cell for this seamless pattern can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A 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