Derived from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by darkmoon1968
Source Firkin
This tiled background comes in red and consists of tiles that look like gemstones. It is more for blogs or social profiles, I think.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'Resa i Afrika, genom Angola, Ovampo och Damaraland', P. Moller, 1899.
Source Firkin
A beautiful dark padded pattern, like an old classic sofa.
Source Chris Baldie
Pattern Background, Texture, Photoshop Structure style CC0 texture.
Source Darkmoon1968
This is a grid, only it’s noisy. You know. Reminds you of those printed grids you draw on.
Source Vectorpile
Vector version of a png that was uploaded to Pixabay by pencilparker
Source Firkin
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
A classic dark tile for a bit of vintage darkness.
Source Listvetra
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 3 No Black
Source GDJ
Actually remixed from a pattern on Pixabay. But then noticed a very similar one on Openclipart.org uploaded by btj51q2.
Source Firkin
Derived from a drawing in 'Historiske Afhandlinger', Adolf Jorgensen, 1898.
Source Firkin
Derived from a PNG that was uploaded to Pixabay by nutkitten
Source Firkin
Continuing the geometric trend, here is one more.
Source Mike Warner
Here's a new paper-like background for free use on personal and commercial projects (this applies to all background patterns here).
Source V. Hartikainen
Luxury pattern, looking like it came right out of Paris.
Source Daniel Beaton
A seamless chequerboard pattern formed from a tile that can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Based on an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by devanath
Source Firkin
As simple and subtle as it gets. But sometimes that’s just what you want.
Source Designova
If you’re sick of the fancy 3D, grunge and noisy patterns, take a look at this flat 2D brick wall.
Source Listvetra
Free tiled background with colorful stripes and white splatter.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin