Sort of like the back of a wooden board. Light, subtle, and stylish, just the way we like it!
Source Nikolalek
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
A dark pattern made out of 3×3 circles and a 1px shadow. This works well as a carbon texture or background.
Source Atle Mo
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
Inspired by a pattern found in 'A General History of Hampshire, or the County of Southampton, including the Isle of Wight', Bernard Woodwood, 1861
Source Firkin
Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
The tile this is based on can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A background pattern with wavy green vertical stripes. This one has green stripes on a white background. Download if you like it.
Source V. Hartikainen
Just what the name says, paper fibers. Always good to have.
Source Heliodor jalba
This is a semi-dark pattern, sort of linen-y.
Source Sagive SEO
A seamlessly tileable pink background texture.
Source V. Hartikainen
Here's a dark background pattern that contains a steel grid pattern as a texture. Use it as a website background or for other purposes. It's free!
Source V. Hartikainen
Zero CC Mossy stone tileable texture, photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
This is the third pattern called Dark Denim, but hey, we all love them!
Source Brandon Jacoby
Remixed from a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Vertical lines with a bumpy, yet crisp, feel to it.
Source Raasa