A free black metallic background pattern. Here's a new pattern I made that looks metallic.
Source V. Hartikainen
In the spirit of WWDC 2011, here is a dark iOS inspired linen pattern.
Source Atle Mo
The original enhanced with one of Inkscapes's filters.
Source Firkin
Pass parameters to the URL or edit the source code variables to configure the graph paper for the division desired.
Source JayNick
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
A pale olive green background with a seamless texture.
Source V. Hartikainen
Remixed from a drawing in 'Hungary. A guide book. By several authors', 1890.
Source Firkin
A version without colours blended together to give a different look.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Chambéry à la fin du XIVe siècle', Timoleon Chapperon, 1863.
Source Firkin
Lovely pattern with some good-looking non-random noise lines.
Source Zucx
The name is totally random, but hey, it sounds good.
Source Atle Mo
Inspired by a pattern found in 'A General History of Hampshire, or the County of Southampton, including the Isle of Wight', Bernard Woodwood, 1861
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
You could get a bit dizzy from this one, but it might come in handy.
Source Dertig Media
Prismatic Abstract Background Design No Black
Source GDJ
Prismatic Geometric Pattern Background
Source GDJ
Zero CC tileable Laminate wood texture, photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Some more diagonal lines and noise, because you know you want it.
Source Atle Mo
One of the few full-color patterns here, but this one was just too good to pass up.
Source Alexey Usoltsev
From a drawing in 'Resa i Afrika, genom Angola, Ovampo och Damaraland', P. Moller, 1899.
Source Firkin
Psychedelic Geometric Background No Black
Source GDJ
Remixed from a drawing that was uploaded to Pixabay by DavidZydd
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern with wide vertical stripes colored in pale yellow.
Source V. Hartikainen
A free pink background pattern.
Source V. Hartikainen