Embossed lines and squares with subtle highlights.
Source Alex Parker
A light gray wall or floor (you decide) of concrete.
Source Atle Mo
A background pattern inspired by designs seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857.
Source Firkin
Can never have too many knitting patterns, especially as nice as this.
Source Victoria Spahn
From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Brushed aluminum, in a bright gray version. Lovely 2X as well.
Source Andre Schouten
A repeating background with seamless texture of stone. There haven't been any stone-like backgrounds for a while, so I have decided to create one more. The rest can be found in the appropriate category.
Source V. Hartikainen
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i
Source Firkin
A hint of orange color, and some crossed and embossed lines.
Source Adam Anlauf
This makes me wanna shoot some pool! Sweet green pool table pattern.
Source Caveman
I asked Gjermund if he could make a pattern for us – result!
Source Gjermund Gustavsen
Simple gray checkered lines, in light tones.
Source Radosław Rzepecki
Detailed but still subtle and quite original. Lovely gray shades.
Source Kim Ruddock
A seamless pattern with green and yellow diagonal lines on top of a white dotted background.
Source V. Hartikainen
The unit cell for this seamless pattern can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a design on Pixabay. To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a design seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857. The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A free seamless texture of reptile skin colored in a dark brown color. As always, you may use it as a repeated background image in your web design works, or for any other purposes.
Source V. Hartikainen
Green Web Background, Seamless tile.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'Studies for Stories', Jean Ingelow, 1864.
Source Firkin
As simple and subtle as it gets. But sometimes that’s just what you want.
Source Designova
Zero CC tileable Laminate wood texture, photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
This light background pattern has a texture of "frozen" surface with diagonal stripes. Here's an yet another addition to the collection of free website backgrounds.
Source V. Hartikainen
Not the most creative name, but it’s a good all-purpose light background.
Source Dmitry
Prismatic Floral Background No Black
Source GDJ
A smooth mid-tone gray, or low contrast if you will, linen pattern.
Source Jordan Pittman