A seamless chequerboard pattern formed from a tile that can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i. Alternative colour scheme.
Source Firkin
Like the name suggests, this background image consists of a pattern of dark bricks. It may be an option for you, if you are looking for something that looks like a brick wall for use as a background on web pages. It's not a masterpiece, but looks pretty nice when is tiled.
Source V. Hartikainen
Remixed from a design seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857. The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A car pattern?! Can it be subtle? I say yes!
Source Radosław Rzepecki
Sort of like the Photoshop transparent background, but better!
Source Alex Parker
From a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
This was formed by distorting an image of a background on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
Produced using the clouds, flames and glass blocks plug-ins in Paint.net and the resulting .PNG vectorised with Vector Magic.
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Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
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Drawn in Paint.net using the kaleidoscope plug-in and vectorised.
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Utilising some flowers from Almeidah. To get the unit tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
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The image depicts a seamless pattern which includes hexagonally-aligned gourds with BG in light-brown.
Source Yamachem
From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
Just to prove my point, here is a slightly modified dark version.
Source Atle Mo
I asked Gjermund if he could make a pattern for us – result!
Source Gjermund Gustavsen
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 3 No Background
Source GDJ
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a JPG that was uploaded to Pixabay by Osckar
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From a drawing in 'Less Black than we're painted', James Payn, 1884.
Source Firkin