Oh yes, it happened! A pattern in full color.
Source Atle Mo
From a drawing in 'Friend or Fortune? The story of a strange year', Robert Overton, 1897.
Source Firkin
It’s okay to be square! A nice light gray pattern with random squares.
Source Waseem Dahman
This background pattern has futuristic look. So, maybe it could be used on websites or blogs dedicated to video games?!
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'Uit de geschiedenis der Heilige Stede te Amsterdam', Yohannes Sterck, 1898.
Source Firkin
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
One can never have too few rice paper patterns, so here is one more.
Source Atle Mo
From a drawing of the coat of arms of the Ottoman Empire on Wikimedia.
Source Firkin
White circles connecting on a light gray background.
Source Mark Collins
Dark and hard, just the way we like it. Embossed triangles makes a nice pattern.
Source Ivan Ginev
A seamless pattern formed from a modified version of rwwgub's tile. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Tiny, tiny 3D cubes. Reminds me of the good old pattern from k10k.
Source Etienne Rallion
Super subtle indeed, a medium gray pattern with tiny dots in a grid.
Source Designova
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
All good things come in threes, so I give you the third in my little concrete wall series.
Source Atle Mo
We have some linen patterns here, but none that are stressed. Until now.
Source Jordan Pittman
Seamless Light Background Texture.
Source V. Hartikainen
A simple circle. That’s all it takes. This one is even transparent, for those who like that.
Source Saqib
A pattern formed from a squared tile. The tile can be accessed in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin