This one is so simple, yet so good. And you know it. Has to be in the collection.
Source Gluszczenko
Not the most creative name, but it’s a good all-purpose light background.
Source Dmitry
Background pattern originally a PNG drawn in Paint.net
Source Firkin
It looks very nice I think.
Source V. Hartikainen
Three shades of gray makes this pattern look like a small carbon fiber surface. Great readability even for small fonts.
Source Atle Mo
From a drawing in 'Bond Slaves. The story of a struggle.', Isabella Varley, 1893.
Source Firkin
A nice looking light gray background pattern with diagonal stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
No relation to the band, but damn it’s subtle!
Source Thomas Myrman
From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
A pattern drawn in Paint.net and vectorized in Vector Magic.
Source Firkin
A seamless green background texture. The image is distributed under a Creative Commons License (like all of the images here).
Source V. Hartikainen
Remixed from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by Pixeline
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
The image depicts polka dot seamless pattern.
Source Yamachem
Sounds like something from World of Warcraft. Has to be good.
Source Tony Kinard
Used in small doses, this could be a nice subtle pattern. Used on a large surface, it’s dirty!
Source Paul Reulat
Seamless Prismatic Pythagorean Line Art Pattern No Background. A seamless pattern that includes the original tile (go to Objects / Pattern / Pattern To Objects in Inkscape's menu to extract it).
Source GDJ
Prismatic Abstract Line Art Pattern Background
Source GDJ
Nice little grid. Would work great as a base on top of some other patterns.
Source Arno Gregorian
Abstract Stars Geometric Pattern Prismatic No Background
Source GDJ
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Fabric-ish patterns are close to my heart. French Stucco to the rescue.
Source Christopher Buecheler
Prismatic Abstract Line Art Pattern Background
Source GDJ
More carbon fiber for your collections. This time in white or semi-dark gray.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
More in the paper realm, this time with fibers.
Source Jorge Fuentes
Zero CC tileable pine bark texture, photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso