More Textures
White carbon@2X #12
 Carbon  CC BY-SA 3.0

Same as the black version, but now in shades of gray. Very subtle and fine grained.

Source Atle Mo

Vintage tile background (colour 2) #2247
 Pink  CC 0

A background formed from an image of an old tile on the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art website. To get the base tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.

Source Firkin

Decorative divider 250 #2070
 Dark  CC 0

Remixed from a drawing in 'Очерки Русской Исторіи въ памятникахъ быта', Petr Polevoi, 1879.

Source Firkin

Micro Carbon@2X #8
 Carbon  CC BY-SA 3.0

Three shades of gray makes this pattern look like a small carbon fiber surface. Great readability even for small fonts.

Source Atle Mo

Carbon Fiber #3
 Carbon  CC BY-SA 3.0

A dark pattern made out of 3×3 circles and a 1px shadow. This works well as a carbon texture or background.

Source Atle Mo

Background pattern 9 (greyscale) #213
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

Greyscale version of a pattern that came out of playing with the 'light rays' plug-in for Paint.net

Source Firkin

Background pattern 315 (colour 6) #1840
 Green  CC 0

The rectangular tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i

Source Firkin

Checkered Light Emboss@2X #281
 Grid  CC BY-SA 3.0

Sort of like the Photoshop transparent background, but better!

Source Alex Parker

Broken Noise #364
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

Beautiful dark noise pattern with some dust and grunge.

Source Vincent Klaiber

Prismatic Geometric Tessellation Pattern 4 No Background #557
 Noise  CC 0

Prismatic Geometric Tessellation Pattern 4 No Background

Source GDJ

Colorful Floral Background 3@2X #484
 Dark  CC 0

Colorful Floral Background 3

Source GDJ

45-Degree Fabric #1
 Fabric  CC BY-SA 3.0

Medium gray fabric pattern with 45-degree lines going across.

Source Atle Mo

Polaroid #187
 Wall  CC BY-SA 3.0

Smooth Polaroid pattern with a light blue tint.

Source Daniel Beaton