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
U.S.-based National Fire Protection Association standard fire diamond for flagging risks posed by hazardous materials. The red diamond has a number 0-4 depending on flammability. The blue diamond has a number 0-4 depending on health hazard. The yellow has a number 0-4 depending on reactivity. the white square has a special notice, e.g OX for oxidizer.
Source Firkin
I have no idea what J Boo means by this name, but hey – it’s hot.
Source j Boo
A nice one indeed, but I have a feeling we have it already? If you spot a copy, let me know on Twitter.
Source Graphiste
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
A seamless pattern the unit cell for which can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Imagine you zoomed in 1000X on some fabric. But then it turned out to be a skeleton!
Source Angelica
Hey, you never know when you’ll need a bird pattern, right?
Source Pete Fecteau
Same classic 45-degree pattern, dark version.
Source Luke McDonald
A seamless background drawn in Paint.net and vectorised with Vector Magic. The starting point was a photograph of drinking straws from Pixabay.
Source Firkin
Lovely pattern with some good-looking non-random noise lines.
Source Zucx
From a drawing in 'Uit de geschiedenis der Heilige Stede te Amsterdam', Yohannes Sterck, 1898.
Source Firkin
Derived from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by darkmoon1968
Source Firkin
Prismatic Basic Pattern 2 No Background
Source GDJ
The unit cell for this seamless pattern can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Real snow that tiles, not easy. This is not perfect, but an attempt.
Source Atle Mo
This was formed by distorting an image of a background on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Les Chroniqueurs de l'Histoire de France depuis les origines jusqu'au XVIe siècle', Henriette Witt, 1884.
Source Firkin
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
A version without colours blended together to give a different look.
Source Firkin
A light brushed aluminum pattern for your pleasure.
Source Tim Ward
An abstract texture of black metal pipes (seamless).
Source V. Hartikainen
A version without colours blended together to give a different look.
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A playful triangle pattern with different shades of gray.
Source Dimitrie Hoekstra
A seamless background drawn in Paint.net and vectorised with Vector Magic. The starting point was a photograph of drinking straws from Pixabay.
Source Firkin