Retro Circles Background 5 #424
 Noise  CC 0

Retro Circles Background 5

Source GDJ

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White Texture@2X #132
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

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

Source Dmitry

Always Grey@2X #54
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

Crossing lines with a subtle emboss effect on a dark background.

Source Stefan Aleksić

Background pattern 277 #2029
 Dark  CC 0

A background pattern inspired by designs seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857.

Source Firkin

Background pattern 21 #205
 Light  CC 0

A seamless pattern the starting point for which was a 'rainbow twist' texture in Paint.net.

Source Firkin

Floral Abstract Pattern Background #217
 Noise  CC 0

PDP

Source GDJ

Background pattern 254 #2144
 Dark  CC 0

To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.

Source Firkin

Prismatic Geometric Tessellation Pattern 2 No Background #553
 Noise  CC 0

Prismatic Geometric Tessellation Pattern 2 No Background

Source GDJ

Cross pattern (negative) #2332
 Dark  CC 0

A seamless pattern formed from cross 4. To get the original tile select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.

Source Firkin

Decorative divider 194 #2478
 Dark  CC 0

From a drawing in 'Friend or Fortune? The story of a strange year', Robert Overton, 1897.

Source Firkin

Seamless Cardboard Texture #1212
 Cardboard  CC BY-SA 3.0

A free background image with a seamless texture of cardboard. This texture of cardboard looks quite realistic, especially when is actually tiled.

Source V. Hartikainen

Background pattern 252 (colour 3) #2160
 Green  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