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Medic Packaging Foil@2X #377
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

8 by 8 pixels, and just what the title says.

Source pixilated

Background pattern 270 #2061
 Dark  CC 0

A seamless pattern the unit cell for which can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i

Source Firkin

Double Lined@2X #52
 Stripes  CC BY-SA 3.0

Horizontal and vertical lines on a light gray background.

Source Adam Anlauf

Background pattern 272 (colour 2) #2056
 Pink  CC 0

A seamless pattern the unit cell for which can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

seigaiha subtle color #2278
 Pink  CC 0

This is a remix of "blue wave-seigaiha".I hope this subtle color version of Seigaiha would be suitable for background .

Source Yamachem

Micro Carbon@2X #8
 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 225 (colour 6) #2322
 Brown  CC 0

Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be extracted by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.

Source Firkin

Paisley Background #495
 Light  CC 0

Paisley Background

Source GDJ

Part of Bayeux Tapestry 1 #2452
 Noise  CC 0

From a drawing in 'Les Chroniqueurs de l'Histoire de France depuis les origines jusqu'au XVIe siècle', Henriette Witt, 1884.

Source Firkin