The classic 45-degree diagonal line pattern, done right.
Source Jorick van Hees
From a drawing in 'La Principauté de Liège et les Pays-Bas au XVIe siècle', Société des Bibliophiles Liégeois ,1887.
Source Firkin
8 by 8 pixels, and just what the title says.
Source pixilated
Prismatic Snowflakes Pattern 3 No Background
Source GDJ
No relation to the band, but damn it’s subtle!
Source Thomas Myrman
Sweet and subtle white plaster with hints of noise and grunge.
Source Phil Maurer
Remixed from a drawing in 'Chambéry à la fin du XIVe siècle', Timoleon Chapperon, 1863.
Source Firkin
Brushed aluminum, in a bright gray version. Lovely 2X as well.
Source Andre Schouten
Vector version of a png that was uploaded to Pixabay by pencilparker
Source Firkin
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
Three shades of gray makes this pattern look like a small carbon fiber surface. Great readability even for small fonts.
Source Atle Mo
From a drawing in 'Hubert Montreuil, or the Huguenot and the Dragoon', Francisca Ouvry, 1873.
Source Firkin
Not the most creative name, but it’s a good all-purpose light background.
Source Dmitry
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
A seamless pattern formed from background pattern 102
Source Firkin
Sometimes you just need the simplest thing.
Source Fabricio
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
Simple gray checkered lines, in light tones.
Source Radosław Rzepecki
A free seamless background with pink spots.
Source V. Hartikainen
Zero CC bark from fur tree tileable texture, photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
A bit of scratched up grayness. Always good.
Source Dmitry