An abstract texture of water. It's not perfect, but will do. You may download if you like it.
Source V. Hartikainen
To get the repeating unit, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Same as Silver Scales, but in black. Turn your site into a dragon with this great scale pattern.
Source Alex Parker
Remixed from a drawing in 'In an Enchanted Island', William Mallock, 1892.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 5 No Black
Source GDJ
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A version without colours blended together to give a different look.
Source Firkin
A huge one at 800x600px. Made from a photo I took going home after work.
Source Atle Mo
Here's a bluish gray striped background pattern for use on web sites.
Source V. Hartikainen
Wild Oliva or Oliva Wilde? Darker than the others, sort of a medium dark pattern.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
More tactile goodness. This time in the form of some rough cloth.
Source Bartosz Kaszubowski
Not so subtle. These tileable wood patterns are very useful.
Source Elemis
Very dark pattern with some noise and 45-degree lines.
Source Stefan Aleksić
Abstract Geometric Monochrome Pattern Prismatic No Background
Source GDJ
Snap! It’s a pattern, and it’s not grayscale! Of course you can always change the color in Photoshop.
Source Atle Mo
If you need a green background for your blog/website, try this one. Remember that Green Striped Background is seamlessly tileable.
Source V. Hartikainen
This is so subtle you need to bring your magnifier!
Source Carlos Valdez
Seamless , tileable CC-0 texture. Created by my own, feel free to use wherever you want!
Source Linolafett
Different from the original in being a simple tile stored as a pattern definition, rather than numerous repeated objects. Hence easy and quick to give this pattern to objects of different shapes. To get the tile in Inkscape, select the rectangle and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Square design drawn in Paint.net and vectorized in Vector Magic.
Source Firkin
A new one called white wall, not by me this time.
Source Yuji Honzawa