This background has abstract texture with some similarities to wood.
Source V. Hartikainen
Dark wooden pattern, given the subtle treatment. based on texture from Cloaks.
This is a seamless pattern which is derived from a flower petal image.
Source Yamachem
Because I love dark patterns, here is Brushed Alum in a dark coating.
Source Tim Ward
More leather, and this time it’s bigger! You know, in case you need that.
Source Elemis
You can never get enough of these tiny pixel patterns with sharp lines.
Source Designova
By popular request, an outline version of the pentagon pattern.
Source Atle Mo
A seamless background tile of aged paper with shabby look.
Source V. Hartikainen
Derived from a PNG that was uploaded to Pixabay by nutkitten
Source Firkin
One 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
Bright Multicolored Floral Background by Karen Arnold from PDP.
Source GDJ
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Zero CC tileable bark texture, photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
A good starting point for a cardboard pattern. This would work well in a variety of colors.
Source Atle Mo
An alternative colour scheme to the original seamless pattern.
Source Firkin
Alternative colour scheme to the original.
Source Firkin
Your eyes can trip a bit from looking at this – use it wisely.
Source Michal Chovanec
Just the symbols of the signs of the zodiac distributed in a chequer board-like pattern
Source Firkin
You know you can’t get enough of these linen-fabric-y patterns.
Source James Basoo
One of the few full-color patterns here, but this one was just too good to pass up.
Source Alexey Usoltsev
A seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
The perfect pattern for all your blogs about type, or type-related matters.
Source Atle Mo