More Textures
White Brick Wall@2X #594
 Wall  CC BY-SA 3.0

If you’re sick of the fancy 3D, grunge and noisy patterns, take a look at this flat 2D brick wall.

Source Listvetra

Subtle Freckles #89
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

This is so subtle: We’re talking 1% opacity. Get your squint on!

Source Atle Mo

Prismatic Abstract Line Art Pattern Background 2@2X #568
 Dark  CC 0

Prismatic Abstract Line Art Pattern Background 2

Source GDJ

Green Fibers #91
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

The green fibers pattern will work very well in grayscale as well.

Source Matteo Di Capua

Colourful background #2011
 Colorful  CC 0

Made by distorting a simple pattern using the 'sin waves' plugin for Paint.net and vectorising in Vector Magic

Source Firkin

Connected@2X #349
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

White circles connecting on a light gray background.

Source Mark Collins

Background pattern 339 (colour) #1708
 Yellow  CC 0

The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i

Source Firkin

Project Papper@2X #120
 Paper  CC BY-SA 3.0

Light square grid pattern, great for a “DIY projects” sort of website, maybe?

Source Rafael Almeida

Padded@2X #62
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

A beautiful dark padded pattern, like an old classic sofa.

Source Chris Baldie

Prismatic Snowflakes Pattern No Background #411
 Light  CC 0

Prismatic Snowflakes Pattern No Background

Source GDJ

Checkered Light Emboss #280
 Grid  CC BY-SA 3.0

Sort of like the Photoshop transparent background, but better!

Source Alex Parker

White carbon@2X #12
 Carbon  CC BY-SA 3.0

Same as the black version, but now in shades of gray. Very subtle and fine grained.

Source Atle Mo

Wallpaper Tile 13 #240
 Light  CC 0

An abstract Background pattern of purple twisty patterns.

Source TikiGiki