Just to prove my point, here is a slightly modified dark version.
Source Atle Mo
Green Web Background, Seamless tile.
Source V. Hartikainen
Formed from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Worsborough; its historical associations and rural attractions', Joseph Wilkinson, 1879.
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Drawn in Paint.net using the kaleidoscope plug-in and vectorised.
Source Firkin
It’s like Shine Dotted’s sister, only rotated 45 degrees.
Source mediumidee
From a drawing in 'In an Enchanted Island', William Mallock, 1892.
Source Firkin
Recreated from a pattern found in 'Az Osztrák-Magyar Monarchia irásban és képben', 1882. To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A background formed from an image of an old tile on the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art website. To get the base tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Chambéry à la fin du XIVe siècle', Timoleon Chapperon, 1863.
Source Firkin
Seamless , tileable CC-0 texture. Created by my own, feel free to use wherever you want!
Source Linolafett
Remixed from a JPG that was uploaded to Pixabay by theasad121
Source Firkin
This was formed by distorting an image of a background on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
A playful triangle pattern with different shades of gray.
Source Dimitrie Hoekstra
A seamless pattern based on a rectangular tile that can be retrieved in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
A smooth mid-tone gray, or low contrast if you will, linen pattern.
Source Jordan Pittman
Original seamless pattern with an Inkscape filter.
Source Firkin