It’s an egg, in the form of a pattern. This really is 2012.
Source Paul Phönixweiß
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
An abstract pale yellow paper-like background with stains colored in yellow and green.
Source V. Hartikainen
Bright gray tones with a hint of some metal surface.
Source Hendrik Lammers
Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 5 No Black
Source GDJ
I love these crisp, tiny, super subtle patterns.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
A dark striped seamless pattern suitable for use as a background on websites.
Source V. Hartikainen
Black & white version of a pattern that came out of playing with the 'light rays' plug-in for Paint.net
Source Firkin
There are many carbon patterns, but this one is tiny.
Source Designova
Sort of like the back of a wooden board. Light, subtle, and stylish, just the way we like it!
Source Nikolalek
A free grid paper background pattern for using on web sites.
Source V. Hartikainen
"Beige Stone", Tileable Texture.
Source V. Hartikainen