Here's a new paper-like background for free use on personal and commercial projects (this applies to all background patterns here).
Source V. Hartikainen
Small gradient crosses inside 45-degree boxes, or bigger crosses if you will.
Source Wassim
More bright luxury. This is a bit larger than fancy deboss, and with a bit more noise.
Source Viszt Péter
emixed from a JPG that was uploaded to Pixabay by Kyotime
Source Firkin
Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
Not even 1kb, but very stylish. Gray thin lines.
Source Struck Axiom
That’s what it is, a dark dot. Or sort of carbon looking.
Source Tsvetelin Nikolov
You may use it as is, or modify it as you like.
Source V. Hartikainen
Retro Circles Background 8 No Black
Source GDJ
Inspired by a drawing in 'Poems', James Smith, 1881.
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 ornament 22. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Light gray pattern with an almost wall tile-like appearance.
Source Markus Tinner
Remixed from a drawing in 'Paul's Sister', Frances Peard, 1889.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 2 No Black
Source GDJ
A gray background pattern with a texture of textile. Suits perfectly for web design.
Source V. Hartikainen
Formed by distorting an image on Pixabay that was uploaded by gustavorezende. To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
If you like it a bit trippy, this wave pattern might be for you.
Source Ian Soper