A bit of scratched up grayness. Always good.
Source Dmitry
Seamless Olive Green Web Background Image
Source V. Hartikainen
This one looks like a cork panel. Feel free to use it as a tiled background on your blog or website.
Source V. Hartikainen
I love these crisp, tiny, super subtle patterns.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
A bit like smudged paint or some sort of steel, here is scribble light.
Source Tegan Male
A seamless textured paper for backgrounds. Colored in pale orange hues.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'La Principauté de Liège et les Pays-Bas au XVIe siècle', Société des Bibliophiles Liégeois ,1887.
Source Firkin
Background Wall, Art Abstract, Star Well & CC0 texture.
Source Ractapopulous
A seamless chequerboard pattern formed from a tile that can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i. Alternative colour scheme.
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern formed from a tile made from page ornament 22. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Not the most creative name, but it’s a good all-purpose light background.
Source Dmitry