A bit of scratched up grayness. Always good.
Source Dmitry
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 5 No Black
Source GDJ
A seamless pattern created from a square tile. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Polka Dots Mark II 3 No Background
Source GDJ
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
Coming in at 666x666px, this is an evil big pattern, but nice and soft at the same time.
Source Atle Mo
Derived from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by Darkmoon1968
Source Firkin
Pixel by pixel, sharp and clean. Very light pattern with clear lines.
Source M.Ashok
Light square grid pattern, great for a “DIY projects” sort of website, maybe?
Source Rafael Almeida
Remixed from a design seen on Pixabay. The basic tile can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Zero CC tileable grass texture, photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Seamless , tileable CC-0 texture. Created by my own, feel free to use wherever you want!
Source Linolafett
Derived from a drawing in 'Elfrica. An historical romance of the twelfth century', Charlotte Boger, 1885
Source Firkin
Background formed from the original with an emboss effect
Source GDJ
Fabric-ish patterns are close to my heart. French Stucco to the rescue.
Source Christopher Buecheler
Remixed from a drawing in 'Works. Popular edition', John Ruskin, 1886.
Source Firkin
Light gray paper pattern with small traces of fiber and some dust.
Source Atle Mo
The perfect pattern for all your blogs about type, or type-related matters.
Source Atle Mo
From a design found in 'History of the Virginia Company of London; with letters to and from the first Colony, never before printed', Edward Neill, 1869.
Source Firkin
Detailed but still subtle and quite original. Lovely gray shades.
Source Kim Ruddock
A topographic map like this has actually been requested a few times, so here you go!
Source Sam Feyaerts
From a drawing in 'Bond Slaves. The story of a struggle.', Isabella Varley, 1893.
Source Firkin