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
8 by 8 pixels, and just what the title says.
Source pixilated
The file was named striped lens, but hey – Translucent Fibres works too.
Source Angelica
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Did anyone say The Hoff? This pattern is in no way related to Baywatch.
Source Josh Green
Non-seamless pattern drawn in Paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic.
Source Firkin
A pattern drawn in Paint.net and vectorized in Vector Magic.
Source Firkin
Utilising some flowers from Almeidah. To get the unit tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Derived from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by pugmom40
Source Firkin
Not the most creative name, but it’s a good all-purpose light background.
Source Dmitry
Just to prove my point, here is a slightly modified dark version.
Source Atle Mo
From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Seamless Prismatic Geometric Pattern With Background
Source GDJ
Tiny little flowers growing on your screen. Nice, huh?
Source Themes Tube
From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern formed from background pattern 102
Source Firkin
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background No Black
Source GDJ
This ons is quite old school looking. Retro, even. I like it.
Source Arno Declercq
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
Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin