Sort of like the back of a wooden board. Light, subtle, and stylish, just the way we like it!
Source Nikolalek
Remixed from a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is formed from select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A fun-looking elastoplast/band-aid pattern. A hint of orange tone in this one.
Source Josh Green
From a drawing in 'Heroes of North African Discovery', Nancy Meugens, 1894.
Source Firkin
The rectangular tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
With a name this awesome, how can I go wrong?
Source Nikolay Boltachev
Very dark pattern with some noise and 45-degree lines.
Source Stefan Aleksić
A free grid paper background pattern for using on web sites.
Source V. Hartikainen
Colorful Floral Background 3 No Black
Source GDJ
With a name like this, it has to be hot. Diagonal lines in light shades.
Source Isaac
This was formed by distorting an image of a background on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Kingsdene', Maria Fetherstonehaugh, 1878.
Source Firkin
The classic subtle pattern. Sort of wall/brick looking. Or moon-looking?
Source Joel Klein
A free tileable background colored in off-white (antique white) color.
Source V. Hartikainen
Wild Oliva or Oliva Wilde? Darker than the others, sort of a medium dark pattern.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
It was called Navy Blue, but I made it dark. You know, the way I like it.
Source Ethan Hamilton
A seamless green background texture. The image is distributed under a Creative Commons License (like all of the images here).
Source V. Hartikainen
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
A very slick dark rubber grip pattern, sort of like the grip on a camera.
Source Sinisha
Prismatic Hypnotic Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
Tiny circle waves, almost like the ocean.
Source Sagive
Based on several public domain drawings on Wikimedia Commons. This was formed from a rectangular tile. The tile can be accessed in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
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
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
An abstract pale yellow paper-like background with stains colored in yellow and green.
Source V. Hartikainen
I skipped number 3, because it wasn’t all that great. Sorry.
Source Dima Shiper