A seamless paper background colored in pale yellow.
Source V. Hartikainen
Derived from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by Darkmoon1968
Source Firkin
More in the paper realm, this time with fibers.
Source Jorge Fuentes
A light gray wall or floor (you decide) of concrete.
Source Atle Mo
This is a semi-dark pattern, sort of linen-y.
Source Sagive SEO
Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
Colour version that is close to the original drawing uploaded to Pixabay by pencilparker.
Source Firkin
This background pattern contains a seamless texture of bark. It's not very realistic, but I think it looks quite nice.
Source V. Hartikainen
A seamless chequerboard pattern formed from a tile that can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i. Alternative colour scheme.
Source Firkin
A white version of the very popular linen pattern.
Source Ant Ekşiler
Seamless pattern formed from a square tile that can be retrieved in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Chambéry à la fin du XIVe siècle', Timoleon Chapperon, 1863.
Source Firkin
Semi-light fabric pattern made out of random pixels in shades of gray.
Source Atle Mo
Prismatic Floral Background No Black
Source GDJ
A pattern derived from repeating unit cells each derived from part of a fractal rendering in paint.net.
Source Firkin
Used in small doses, this could be a nice subtle pattern. Used on a large surface, it’s dirty!
Source Paul Reulat
Prismatic Geometric Pattern Background 2
Source GDJ
The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Geometric lines are always hot, and this pattern is no exception.
Source Listvetra
The unit cell for this seamless pattern can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin