Prismatic Dots Background 3@2X #506
 Noise  CC 0

Prismatic Dots Background 3

Source GDJ

 More Textures
Part of Bayeux Tapestry 6 #2444
 Noise  CC 0

From a drawing in 'Les Chroniqueurs de l'Histoire de France depuis les origines jusqu'au XVIe siècle', Henriette Witt, 1884.

Source Firkin

Background pattern 252 #2162
 Dark  CC 0

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

Vintage pattern #1960
 Grid  CC 0

Formed from a tile based on a drawing from 'Viaggi d'un artista nell'America Meridionale', Guido Boggiani, 1895.

Source Firkin

White Texture #131
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

Not the most creative name, but it’s a good all-purpose light background.

Source Dmitry

Background pattern 6 #226
 Noise  CC 0

A pattern derived from part of a fractal rendering in Paint.net.

Source Firkin

Background2@2X #477
 Wall  CC 0

rug texture background

Source Jilllio

WaveCut@2X #76
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

If you like it a bit trippy, this wave pattern might be for you.

Source Ian Soper

Seamless arrow pattern remix #2528
 Dark  CC 0

Similar to original, but without gaps in between the arrows. This seamless pattern was created from a rectangular tile. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Fabric pattern (colour 6) #2397
 Fabric  CC 0

Alternative colour scheme. Not a pattern for fabrics, but one produced from a jpg of a stack of fabric items that was posted on Pixabay. The tile that this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Retina Dust@2X #916
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

First pattern tailor-made for Retina, with many more to come. All the old ones are upscaled, in case you want to re-download.

Source Atle Mo

Background pattern 248 #2181
 Dark  CC 0

To get the tile this is made up from select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Dark Brown Wood Background (Tile-able) #886
 Wood  CC BY-SA 3.0

Tile-able Dark Brown Wood Background. Feel free to use it as a background image in your designs or somewhere on the web. By the way, the color seems to be close to Coffee Brown.

Source V. Hartikainen