Rice Paper@2X #339
 Paper  CC BY-SA 3.0

Scanned some rice paper and tiled it up for you. Enjoy.

Source Atle Mo

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Background pattern 214 (colour 2) #2376
 Red  CC 0

A seamless chequerboard pattern formed from a tile that can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i. Alternative colour scheme.

Source Firkin

Gold Scale #284
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

More Japanese-inspired patterns, Gold Scales this time.

Source Josh Green

Background pattern 254 (colour) #2143
 Colorful  CC 0

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

Source Firkin

Whitey@2X #110
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

A white version of the very popular linen pattern.

Source Ant Ekşiler

Double Lined #51
 Stripes  CC BY-SA 3.0

Horizontal and vertical lines on a light gray background.

Source Adam Anlauf

Floral pattern 7 (colour 2) #2290
 Blue  CC 0

Utilising some flowers from Almeidah. To get the unit tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.

Source Firkin

Faded Yellow Stripes, Background Pattern #1218
 Yellow  CC BY-SA 3.0

A pale yellow background pattern with vertical stripes. The stripes are partially faded. I think this background image turned out pretty well, especially those faded stripes.

Source V. Hartikainen

Background pattern 202 #2491
 Brown  CC 0

Based on several public domain drawings on Wikimedia Commons. This was formed from a rectangular tile. The tile can be accessed in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.

Source Firkin