If you’re sick of the fancy 3D, grunge and noisy patterns, take a look at this flat 2D brick wall.
Source Listvetra
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Derived from a PNG that was uploaded to Pixabay by nutkitten
Source Firkin
Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
You know I love paper patterns. Here is one from Stephen. Say thank you!
Source Stephen Gilbert
A seamless pattern created from a square tile. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Dark, crisp and subtle. Tiny black lines on top of some noise.
Source Wilmotte Bastien
Your eyes can trip a bit from looking at this – use it wisely.
Source Michal Chovanec
Abstract Stars Geometric Pattern Prismatic No Background
Source GDJ
A seamless striped fabric-like texture colored in a dark reddish brown color.
Source V. Hartikainen
A seamless textured paper for backgrounds. Colored in pale orange hues.
Source V. Hartikainen
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Cowdray: the history of a great English House', Julia Roundell, 1884.
Source Firkin
Zero CC tileable hard cover red book, scanned 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
Prismatic Floral Pattern 3 Variation 3 No Background
Source GDJ
Just to prove my point, here is a slightly modified dark version.
Source Atle Mo
A seamless background drawn in Paint.net and vectorised with Vector Magic. The starting point was a photograph of drinking straws from Pixabay.
Source Firkin
Almost like little fish shells, or dragon skin.
Source Graphiste
Here's a quite bright pink background pattern for use on websites. It doesn't look like a real fur, but it definitely resembles one.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'Cassell's Library of English Literature', Henry Morley, 1883.
Source Firkin
Continuing the geometric trend, here is one more.
Source Mike Warner