Bright gray tones with a hint of some metal surface.
Source Hendrik Lammers
From a drawing of the coat of arms of the Ottoman Empire on Wikimedia.
Source Firkin
A monochrome pattern from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscaope and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Number five from the same submitter, makes my job easy.
Source Dima Shiper
This background pattern contains worn out colorful stripes as a texture.
Source V. Hartikainen
Nasty or not, it’s a nice pattern that tiles. Like they all do.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
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
Small gradient crosses inside 45-degree boxes, or bigger crosses if you will.
Source Wassim
This is a remix of "geometrical pattern 01".
Source Yamachem
A seamless pattern from a tile drawn in Paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern the unit cell for which can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Retro Circles Background 7 No Black
Source GDJ
Background Wall, Art Abstract, Block Well & CC0 texture.
Source Ractapopulous
Pattern formed from simple shapes. Black version.
Source Firkin
Used correctly, this could be nice. Used in a bad way, all hell will break loose.
Source Atle Mo
Medium gray fabric pattern with 45-degree lines going across.
Source Atle Mo
Sometimes simple really is what you need, and this could fit you well.
Source Factorio.us Collective
A lovely light gray pattern with stripes and a dash of noise.
Source V. Hartikainen
Here's a repeatable texture that resembles a light green concrete wall or something similar.
Source V. Hartikainen
A free seamless background image with a texture of dark red "canvas". It should look very nice on web sites.
Source V. Hartikainen
Fix side and a seamless pattern formed from circles.
Source SliverKnight
From drawing in 'Musings in Maoriland', Thomas Bracken, 1890.
Source Firkin