More Textures
White Sand #19
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

Same as gray sand but lighter. A sandy pattern with small light dots, and some angled strokes.

Source Atle Mo

Background pattern 273 #2042
 Dark  CC 0

Remixed from a design seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857.

Source Firkin

Vichy@2X #72
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

This one could be the shirt of a golf player. Angled lines in different thicknesses.

Source Olivier Pineda

Seamless Wood Pattern #889
 Wood  CC BY-SA 3.0

A seamlessly repeating background pattern of wood. The image is procedurally generated, and, I think, it's turned out quite well.

Source V. Hartikainen

Background pattern 207 #2466
 Yellow  CC 0

A seamless pattern created from a square tile. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Project Papper #119
 Paper  CC BY-SA 3.0

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

Source Rafael Almeida

White Plaster@2X #369
 Wall  CC BY-SA 3.0

Sweet and subtle white plaster with hints of noise and grunge.

Source Phil Maurer

Prismatic Triangular Seamless Pattern III With Background #273
 Dark  CC 0

Prismatic Triangular Seamless Pattern III With Background

Source GDJ

White Texture@2X #132
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

Not the most creative name, but it’s a good all-purpose light background.

Source Dmitry