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
Seamless , tileable CC-0 texture. Created by my own, feel free to use wherever you want!
Source Linolafett
Used correctly, this could be nice. Used in a bad way, all hell will break loose.
Source Atle Mo
You could get a bit dizzy from this one, but it might come in handy.
Source Dertig Media
Some more diagonal lines and noise, because you know you want it.
Source Atle Mo
Pattern that came out of playing with the 'slinky' plug-in for Paint.net
Source Firkin
Not the Rebel alliance, but a dark textured pattern.
Source Hendrik Lammers
This is indeed a bit strange, but here’s to the crazy ones!
Source Christopher Buecheler
Oh yes, it happened! A pattern in full color.
Source Atle Mo
Prismatic Hexagonalism Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
With a name like this, it has to be hot. Diagonal lines in light shades.
Source Isaac
A seamless stone-like background for blogs or any other type of websites.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'In an Enchanted Island', William Mallock, 1892.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
The unit cell for this seamless pattern can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Formed by heavily distorting part of a an image of a fish uploaded to Pixabay by GLady
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Utilising some flowers from Almeidah. To get the unit tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
A car pattern?! Can it be subtle? I say yes!
Source Radosław Rzepecki
Inspired by a pattern seen on a public domain image of a very old tile. To get the unit cell, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A free background pattern with abstract green tiles.
Source V. Hartikainen
Abstract Stars Geometric Pattern Prismatic No Background
Source GDJ
Found on the ground in french cafe in kunming, Yunnan, china
Source Rejon
This one is rather fun and playful. The 2X could be used at 1X too!
Source Welsley