Used correctly, this could be nice. Used in a bad way, all hell will break loose.
Source Atle Mo
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 7 No Background
Source GDJ
A pale olive green background with a seamless texture.
Source V. Hartikainen
The image is a remix of "edo pattern-samekomon".I changed the color of dots from black to white and added BG in light-brown.
Source Yamachem
One more in the line of patterns inspired by Japanese/Asian styles. Smooth.
Source Kim Ruddock
Black And White Floral Pattern Background from PDP.
Source GDJ
Just the symbols of the signs of the zodiac distributed in a chequer board-like pattern
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
From a drawing of the coat of arms of the Ottoman Empire on Wikimedia.
Source Firkin
A pale orange background pattern with glossy groove stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
An abstract texture of water. It's not perfect, but will do. You may download if you like it.
Source V. Hartikainen
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
This is a seamless pattern of regular hexagon which has a honeycomb structure.
Source Yamachem
This one is amazing, truly original. Go use it!
Source Viahorizon
Here's a bluish gray striped background pattern for use on web sites.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'Cassell's Library of English Literature', Henry Morley, 1883.
Source Firkin
The green fibers pattern will work very well in grayscale as well.
Source Matteo Di Capua
Seamless , tileable CC-0 texture. Created by my own, feel free to use wherever you want!
Source Linolafett
Seamless , tileable CC-0 texture. Created by my own, feel free to use wherever you want!
Source Linolafett
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin