More Textures
Micro Carbon #7
 Carbon  CC BY-SA 3.0

Three shades of gray makes this pattern look like a small carbon fiber surface. Great readability even for small fonts.

Source Atle Mo

Background pattern 8 (colour) #211
 Noise  CC 0

Colour version of a pattern that came out of playing with the 'light rays' plug-in for Paint.net

Source Firkin

Background pattern 8 (greyscale) #210
 Dark  CC 0

Greyscale version of a pattern that came out of playing with the 'light rays' plug-in for Paint.net

Source Firkin

Starring #585
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

If you need stars, this is the one to get.

Source Agus Riyadi

Background pattern 235 (colour 6) #2250
 Red  CC 0

To get the tile this is formed from select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Prismatic Dots Background 2@2X #504
 Noise  CC 0

Prismatic Dots Background 2

Source GDJ

Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 4@2X #462
 Noise  CC 0

Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 4

Source GDJ

Ribbon pattern 2 (version 2, colour 2) #2038
 Colorful  CC 0

The tile this is based on can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Small Crosses@2X #116
 Stripes  CC BY-SA 3.0

Sharp pixel pattern looking like some sort of fabric.

Source Dmitry

Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 7 No Background #547
 Noise  CC 0

Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 7 No Background

Source GDJ

Wine Cork@2X #34
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

Wine cork texture based off a scanned corkboard.

Source Atle Mo

"Polished Stone", Gray Background Pattern #1053
 Stone  CC BY-SA 3.0

A seamless gray background texture suitable for use on websites. To me, it has the look of stone. Feel free to modify it to meet your needs (by making it a bit lighter or darker, for example).

Source V. Hartikainen