Like the name says, light and gray, with some small dots and circles.
Source Brenda Lay
A dark background pattern/texture of a dimpled metal plate.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
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
Derived from a PNG that was uploaded to Pixabay by nutkitten
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern formed from a square tile. The tile can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-I. A version of the original with random colors.
Source Firkin
Recreated from a pattern found in 'Az Osztrák-Magyar Monarchia irásban és képben', 1882. To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 5 No Black
Source GDJ
Feel free to download this "Dark Wood" background texture for your web site. The background tiles seamlessly!
Source V. Hartikainen
An alternative colour scheme to the original seamless pattern.
Source Firkin
Heavily remixed from a drawing that was uploaded to Pixabay by ractapopulous
Source Firkin
An attempt for cleaning up the original image in a few steps.
Source Lazur URH
A heavy hitter at 400x400px, but lovely still.
Source Breezi
Just the symbols of the signs of the zodiac distributed in a chequer board-like pattern
Source Firkin
Inspired by a drawing in 'Kulturgeschichte', Freidrich Hellwald, 1896.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 3
Source GDJ
A pattern formed from repeated instances of corner decoration 8. To get the basic tile select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
U.S.-based National Fire Protection Association standard fire diamond for flagging risks posed by hazardous materials. The red diamond has a number 0-4 depending on flammability. The blue diamond has a number 0-4 depending on health hazard. The yellow has a number 0-4 depending on reactivity. the white square has a special notice, e.g OX for oxidizer.
Source Firkin
Black version of a pattern that came out of playing with the 'light rays' plug-in for Paint.net
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern formed from a square tile. The tile can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-I.
Source Firkin
You guessed it – looks a bit like cloth.
Source Peax Webdesign
I love cream! 50x50px and lovely in all the good ways.
Source Thomas Myrman
This was formed by distorting an image of a background on Pixabay.
Source Firkin