Derived from a drawing in 'Historiske Afhandlinger', Adolf Jorgensen, 1898.
Source Firkin
Same as gray sand but lighter. A sandy pattern with small light dots, and some angled strokes.
Source Atle Mo
Formed by heavily distorting part of a an image of a fish uploaded to Pixabay by GLady
Source Firkin
Dark, lines, noise, tactile. You get the drift.
Source Anatoli Nicolae
The perfect pattern for all your blogs about type, or type-related matters.
Source Atle Mo
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Zero CC tileable hard cover red book, scanned and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
The file was named striped lens, but hey – Translucent Fibres works too.
Source Angelica
The green fibers pattern will work very well in grayscale as well.
Source Matteo Di Capua
Here's a bluish gray striped background pattern for use on web sites.
Source V. Hartikainen
Because I love dark patterns, here is Brushed Alum in a dark coating.
Source Tim Ward
Continuing the geometric trend, here is one more.
Source Mike Warner
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 8 No Background
Source GDJ
Beautiful dark noise pattern with some dust and grunge.
Source Vincent Klaiber
Classic 45-degree pattern, light version.
Source Luke McDonald
Sweet and subtle white plaster with hints of noise and grunge.
Source Phil Maurer
Prismatic Basic Pattern 2 No Background
Source GDJ
Zero CC tileable wood texture, made by me procedurally in Neo Texture Edit.
Source Sojan Janso
Tiny circle waves, almost like the ocean.
Source Sagive
More tactile goodness. This time in the form of some rough cloth.
Source Bartosz Kaszubowski
A rusty grunge background for websites. Feel free to use it in your site's theme.
Source V. Hartikainen
Remixed from a PNG that was uploaded to Pixabay by k_jprather
Source Firkin