Bright gray tones with a hint of some metal surface.
Source Hendrik Lammers
More in the paper realm, this time with fibers.
Source Jorge Fuentes
Remixed from a drawing in 'In an Enchanted Island', William Mallock, 1892.
Source Firkin
Here's a new paper-like background for free use on personal and commercial projects (this applies to all background patterns here).
Source V. Hartikainen
CC0 remixed from a drawing. Walter Crane, 1914, Firkin.
Source SliverKnight
A seamless pattern formed from a square tile. The tile can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-I.
Source Firkin
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a design on Pixabay. To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
The file was named striped lens, but hey – Translucent Fibres works too.
Source Angelica
Formed by distorting the inside front cover of 'Diversæ insectarum volatilium : icones ad vivum accuratissmè depictæ per celeberrimum pictorem', Jacob Hoefnagel, 1630.
Source Firkin
No, not the band but the pattern. Simple squares in gray tones, of course.
Source Atle Mo
Remixed from a drawing in 'Maidenhood; or, the Verge of the Stream', Laura Jewry, 1876.
Source Firkin
It was called Navy Blue, but I made it dark. You know, the way I like it.
Source Ethan Hamilton
Zero CC tileable wood texture, made by me procedurally in Neo Texture Edit.
Source Sojan Janso
This light blue background pattern is quite pleasing to the eye, it consists of a tiny rough grid pattern, which is seamless by design. That's it, if you like the color, you can use this seamless pattern in a web design without making any further modifications to it.
Source V. Hartikainen
The green fibers pattern will work very well in grayscale as well.
Source Matteo Di Capua
Remixed from a JPG that was uploaded to Pixabay by theasad121
Source Firkin
Remixed from a design seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857. The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A lovely light gray pattern with stripes and a dash of noise.
Source V. Hartikainen
Vertical lines with a bumpy, yet crisp, feel to it.
Source Raasa