Subtle Stripes@2X #752
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0Vertical lines with a bumpy, yet crisp, feel to it.
Source Raasa
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Floral design #1984
Green CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
Vintage pattern #1960
Grid CC 0Formed from a tile based on a drawing from 'Viaggi d'un artista nell'America Meridionale', Guido Boggiani, 1895.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 7 #227
Noise CC 0Pattern that came out of playing with the 'slinky' plug-in for Paint.net
Source Firkin
Green Fibers #91
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0The green fibers pattern will work very well in grayscale as well.
Source Matteo Di Capua
Metal Background Pattern With Rivets #1085
Metal CC BY-SA 3.0This metal background pattern resembles a metal plate with rivets. Solid rivets on a metal plate.
Source V. Hartikainen
Burried@2X #832
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Have you wondered about how it feels to be buried alive? Here is the pattern for it.
Source Hendrik Lammers
Tessellation 16 (colour 3) #2213
Green CC 0The unit cell for this seamless pattern can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Colourful background 14 #2526
Colorful CC 0A colourful background drawn originally in paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic.
Source Firkin
Paper Fibers #1060
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0Just what the name says, paper fibers. Always good to have.
Source Heliodor jalba
Paper Fibers@2X #1061
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0Just what the name says, paper fibers. Always good to have.
Source Heliodor jalba
Carbon Fiber v2@2X #106
Carbon CC BY-SA 3.0One more updated pattern. Not really carbon fiber, but it’s the most popular pattern, so I’ll give you an extra choice.
Source Atle Mo
Background pattern 310 (colour 2) #1861
Yellow CC 0Based on an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by devanath
Source Firkin
Background pattern 222 #2345
Green CC 0Seamless pattern inspired by a drawing on Pixabay. To get the tile this is formed from, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Craft Paper #1279
Yellow CC 0Zero CC tileable yellow craft paper; scanned and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Vintage pattern #1961
Grid CC 0Formed from a tile based on a drawing from 'Viaggi d'un artista nell'America Meridionale', Guido Boggiani, 1895.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 266 #2068
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'Some account of the Worshipful Company of Ironmongers', John Nicholl, 1866.
Source Firkin
Tactile Noise #5
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0A heavy dark gray base, some subtle noise and a 45-degree grid makes this look like a pattern with a tactile feel to it.
Source Atle Mo
Fire diamond #2488
Diamond CC 0U.S.-based National Fire Protection Association standard fire diamond for flagging risks posed by hazardous materials. The red diamond has a number 0-4 depending on flammability. The blue diamond has a number 0-4 depending on health hazard. The yellow has a number 0-4 depending on reactivity. the white square has a special notice, e.g OX for oxidizer.
Source Firkin
Leafy pattern 11 #1765
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
Concrete Wall@2X #78
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0Dark blue concrete wall with some small dust spots.
Source Atle Mo
Pattern #1476
Paper CC 0Pattern Background, Texture, Photoshop Structure style CC0 texture.
Source Darkmoon1968
Paper 1 #15
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0A slightly grainy paper pattern with small horizontal and vertical strokes.
Source Atle Mo
Rain pattern #1933
Water CC 0To get the repeating unit, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i
Source Firkin