A heavy hitter at 400x400px, but lovely still.
Source Breezi
This is sort of fresh, but still feels a bit old school.
Source Martuchox
Might not be super subtle, but quite original in its form.
Source Alex Smith
Greyscale version of a pattern that came out of playing with the 'slinky' plug-in for Paint.net
Source Firkin
This background pattern contains worn out colorful stripes as a texture.
Source V. Hartikainen
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Hubert Montreuil, or the Huguenot and the Dragoon', Francisca Ouvry, 1873.
Source Firkin
The image is a remix of "edo pattern-samekomon".I changed the color of dots from black to white and added BG in light-yellow.
Source Yamachem
This is the remix of "plant pattern 02".I changed the object color to white and the BG to purple.The image a seamless pattern derived from a weed which I can't identify.The original weed image is from here:jp.pinterest.com/pin/500744052301423641/
Source Yamachem
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 5
Source GDJ
Adapted heavily from a JPG that was uploaded to Pixabay by Viscious-Speed.
Source Firkin
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
A huge one at 800x600px. Made from a photo I took going home after work.
Source Atle Mo
A dark background pattern/texture of a dimpled metal plate.
Source V. Hartikainen
Remixed from a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
Colour version of the original pattern.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 3
Source GDJ
This yellow background consists of a pattern of glossy gold buttons arranged in polka dot style on a seamless texture. Here's a pale yellow background pattern. Feel free to use it for your needs!
Source V. Hartikainen
This reminds me of Game Cube. A nice light 3D cube pattern.
Source Sander Ottens
From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
Derived from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by mdmelo.
Source Firkin