Vintage pattern #2296
 Brown  CC 0

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

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Bright Multicolored Floral Background@2X #560
 Noise  CC 0

Bright Multicolored Floral Background by Karen Arnold from PDP.

Source GDJ

Connected@2X #349
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

White circles connecting on a light gray background.

Source Mark Collins

Lined Paper@2X #363
 Stripes  CC BY-SA 3.0

The classic notebook paper with horizontal stripes.

Source Are Sundnes

Background pattern 227 (colour 6) #2309
 Red  CC 0

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

Diamonds Are Forever #183
 Diamond  CC BY-SA 3.0

Sharp diamond pattern. A small 24x18px tile.

Source Tom Neal

Green Fibers #91
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

The green fibers pattern will work very well in grayscale as well.

Source Matteo Di Capua

Background pattern 235 (colour 2) #2254
 Blue  CC 0

To get the tile this is formed from select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Background pattern 256 #2139
 Red  CC 0

Remixed from a design on Pixabay. To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i

Source Firkin

Faded Yellow Stripes, Background Pattern #1218
 Yellow  CC BY-SA 3.0

A pale yellow background pattern with vertical stripes. The stripes are partially faded. I think this background image turned out pretty well, especially those faded stripes.

Source V. Hartikainen

Vintage Elegant Floral Background #257
 Fabric  CC 0

PDP

Source GDJ

Dark Blue Gray Wallpaper Texture #901
 Stripes  CC BY-SA 3.0

This seamless background image should look nice on websites. It has a dark blue gray texture with vertical stripes, it tiles seamlessly and, like all of the background images here, it's free. So, if you like it, take it!

Source V. Hartikainen