Background pattern 273 #2042
 Dark  CC 0

Remixed from a design seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857.

Source Firkin

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Checkered Pattern@2X #323
 Grid  CC BY-SA 3.0

Simple gray checkered lines, in light tones.

Source Radosław Rzepecki

Prismatic Polka Dots 3 No Background #528
 Noise  CC 0

Prismatic Polka Dots 3 No Background

Source GDJ

Background pattern 18 #202
 Dark  CC 0

A seamless pattern the starting point for which was a 'colour modulo' texture in Paint.net.

Source Firkin

Lined Paper #362
 Stripes  CC BY-SA 3.0

The classic notebook paper with horizontal stripes.

Source Are Sundnes

Background pattern 333 (version 2) #1739
 Blue  CC 0

The tile this is formed from can be retrieved in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i

Source Firkin

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

Batthern@2X #325
 Grid  CC BY-SA 3.0

Sometimes simple really is what you need, and this could fit you well.

Source Factorio.us Collective

Concrete Wall 3@2X #94
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

All good things come in threes, so I give you the third in my little concrete wall series.

Source Atle Mo