Stamped Dots On Metal #1083
Metal CC BY-SA 3.0A dark metallic background with a pattern of stamped dots. Here's a dark "metallic" background pattern for you.
Source V. Hartikainen
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Floral pattern 11 #1770
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 289 (colour 2) #1936
Red CC 0To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Polka Dots Mark II No Background #530
Noise CC 0Prismatic Polka Dots Mark II No Background
Source GDJ
Dirty Old Black Shirt #853
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Used in small doses, this could be a nice subtle pattern. Used on a large surface, it’s dirty!
Source Paul Reulat
Seamless Pink Background Texture #1233
Pink CC BY-SA 3.0A seamlessly tileable pink background texture.
Source V. Hartikainen
Classy Fabric #611
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0This is lovely, just the right amount of subtle noise, lines and textures.
Source Richard Tabor
Light Gray Fabric Pattern With Faded Stripes #965
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0A light gray fabric pattern with faded vertical stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
Light Paper Fibers #835
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0More in the paper realm, this time with fibers.
Source Jorge Fuentes
Decorative divider 231 #2149
Dark CC 0From a design found in 'History of the Virginia Company of London; with letters to and from the first Colony, never before printed', Edward Neill, 1869.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 224 (colour 6) #2337
Colorful CC 0To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 308 #1872
Yellow CC 0Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
Skin Side Up #847
Light CC BY-SA 3.0White fabric looking texture with some nice random wave features.
Source Hendrik Lammers
Purty Wood@2X #678
Wood CC BY-SA 3.0You know you love wood patterns, so here’s one more.
Source Richard Tabor
Small Crosses@2X #116
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0Sharp pixel pattern looking like some sort of fabric.
Source Dmitry
White Plaster #368
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0Sweet and subtle white plaster with hints of noise and grunge.
Source Phil Maurer
Scribble Light@2X #740
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0A bit like smudged paint or some sort of steel, here is scribble light.
Source Tegan Male
Prismatic Snowflakes Pattern 3 No Background #413
Light CC 0Prismatic Snowflakes Pattern 3 No Background
Source GDJ
Brushed Alum Dark@2X #66
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Because I love dark patterns, here is Brushed Alum in a dark coating.
Source Tim Ward
Decorative divider 185 #2588
Orange CC 0From a drawing in 'Artists and Arabs', Henry Blackburn, 1868.
Source Firkin
Background patter 294 #1920
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'Works. Popular edition', John Ruskin, 1886.
Source Firkin