From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
It’s okay to be square! A nice light gray pattern with random squares.
Source Waseem Dahman
From a drawing in 'Royal Ramsgate', James Simson, 1897.
Source Firkin
White handmade paper pattern with small bumps.
Source Marquis
A free green background pattern with a pattern of rhombuses on a seamless texture. Feel free to use it as a tiled background image on your web site.
Source V. Hartikainen
Bit of a strange name on this one, but still nice. Tiny gray square things.
Source Carlos Valdez
Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 4
Source GDJ
Semi-light fabric pattern made out of random pixels in shades of gray.
Source Atle Mo
A background pattern inspired by designs seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857.
Source Firkin
Sort of like the Photoshop transparent background, but better!
Source Alex Parker
Heavily remixed from a drawing in 'Barbara Leybourne; a story of eighty years ago', Sarah Hamer, 1889.
Source Firkin
Colour version of the original seamless pattern.
Source Firkin
No, not the band but the pattern. Simple squares in gray tones, of course.
Source Atle Mo
It’s like Shine Dotted’s sister, only rotated 45 degrees.
Source mediumidee
Super subtle indeed, a medium gray pattern with tiny dots in a grid.
Source Designova
Black paper texture, based on two different images.
Source Atle Mo
Based from Design Kindle
Remixed from a drawing in 'Incidents on a Journey through Nubia to Darfoor', F. Ensor, 1891.
Source Firkin
Hexagonal dark 3D pattern. What more can you ask for?
Source Norbert Levajsics
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 4
Source GDJ
Super subtle indeed, a medium gray pattern with tiny dots in a grid.
Source Designova
A hint of orange color, and some crossed and embossed lines.
Source Adam Anlauf
From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
The green fibers pattern will work very well in grayscale as well.
Source Matteo Di Capua
New paper pattern with a slightly organic feel to it, using some thin threads.
Source Atle Mo
This is a remix of "geometrical pattern 01".
Source Yamachem