Paven@2X #297
Grid CC BY-SA 3.0A subtle shadowed checkered pattern. Increase the lightness for even more subtle sexiness.
Source Josh Green
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Floral background 10 #2046
Yellow CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'The March of Loyalty', Letitia MacClintock, 1884.
Source Firkin
Soft Kill #318
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Pattern #100! A black classic knit-looking pattern.
Source Factorio.us Collective
Light Gray@2X #1204
Gray CC BY-SA 3.0Like the name says, light and gray, with some small dots and circles.
Source Brenda Lay
Background pattern 246 #2186
Red CC 0This was formed by distorting an image of a background on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
White tiles@2X #728
Grid CC BY-SA 3.0A nice and simple white rotated tile pattern.
Source Another One
Background pattern 230 (colour 3) #2303
Green CC 0To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Gold Scale #284
Light CC BY-SA 3.0More Japanese-inspired patterns, Gold Scales this time.
Source Josh Green
Billie Holiday #1002
Light CC BY-SA 3.0No relation to the band, but damn it’s subtle!
Source Thomas Myrman
Mocha Grunge@2X #1100
Gray CC BY-SA 3.0You don’t see many mid-tone patterns here, but this one is nice.
Source Joel Klein
Seamless Textured Paper Background #1075
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0A seamless textured paper for backgrounds. Colored in pale orange hues.
Source V. Hartikainen
Dark Leather@2X #130
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0You were craving more leather, so I whipped this up by scanning a leather jacket.
Source Atle Mo
Silver Scales@2X #190
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Turn your site into a dragon with this great scale pattern.
Source Alex Parker
Floral background 17 #1851
Green CC 0Vector version of a JPG that was uploaded to Pixabay by theasad121
Source Firkin
"Polished Stone", Gray Background Pattern #1053
Stone CC BY-SA 3.0A seamless gray background texture suitable for use on websites. To me, it has the look of stone. Feel free to modify it to meet your needs (by making it a bit lighter or darker, for example).
Source V. Hartikainen
Tex2res4 #717
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Number 1 in a series of 5 beautiful patterns. Can be found in colors on the submitter’s website.
Source Janos Koos
Circular frame 25 #1712
Dark CC 0Derived from a PNG that was uploaded to Pixabay by nutkitten
Source Firkin
Dark Brick Pattern #1032
Stone CC BY-SA 3.0A seamless pattern of dark bricks. Maybe it's not very realistic, but it looks good in my opinion.
Source V. Hartikainen
Wallpaper Tile 13 #240
Light CC 0An abstract Background pattern of purple twisty patterns.
Source TikiGiki
Cartographer #749
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0A topographic map like this has actually been requested a few times, so here you go!
Source Sam Feyaerts
Background pattern 246 (colour 3) #2184
Green CC 0This was formed by distorting an image of a background on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
Light Mesh@2X #708
Fabric CC BY-SA 3.0Love me some light mesh on a Monday. Sharp.
Source Wilmotte Bastien
Page ornament 54 #2059
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'The Canadian horticulturist', 1892
Source Firkin