Oh yes, it happened! A pattern in full color.
Source Atle Mo
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
This background texture resembles stone. It may be used as a background on web pages or on some of their html elements (header, borders, menu bar, etc.). Just modify it for your needs.
Source V. Hartikainen
Not sure if this is related to the Nami you get in Google image search, but hey, it’s nice!
Source Dertig Media
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Zero CC tileable pine bark texture, photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
To get the tile this is made up from select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
The Grid. A digital frontier. I tried to picture clusters of information as they traveled through the computer.
Source Haris Šumić
A background tile of dark textile. Made this a long time ago and just now decided to publish it.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'Navigations de Alouys de Cademoste.-La Navigation du Capitaine Pierre Sintre', Alvise da ca da Mosto, 1895.
Source Firkin
The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Sort of like the Photoshop transparent background, but better!
Source Alex Parker
First pattern tailor-made for Retina, with many more to come. All the old ones are upscaled, in case you want to re-download.
Source Atle Mo
Just to prove my point, here is a slightly modified dark version.
Source Atle Mo
Remixed from a drawing in 'Chambéry à la fin du XIVe siècle', Timoleon Chapperon, 1863.
Source Firkin
Derived from a PNG that was uploaded to Pixabay by nutkitten
Source Firkin
A very slick dark rubber grip pattern, sort of like the grip on a camera.
Source Sinisha
A large (588x375px) sand-colored pattern for your ever-growing collection. Shrink at will.
Source Alex Tapein
Sounds French. Some 3D square diagonals, that’s all you need to know.
Source Graphiste
It’s a hole, in a pattern. On your website. Dig it!
Source Josh Green
From a drawing in 'Gately's World's Progress', Charles Beale, 1886.
Source Firkin
Clean and crisp lines all over the place. Wrap it up with this one.
Source Dax Kieran
Dark, crisp and subtle. Tiny black lines on top of some noise.
Source Wilmotte Bastien
Used a cherry by doctormo to make this seamless pattern
Source Firkin
It’s an egg, in the form of a pattern. This really is 2012.
Source Paul Phönixweiß
Remixed from a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin