White Texture@2X #132
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

Not the most creative name, but it’s a good all-purpose light background.

Source Dmitry

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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

Prismatic Diamond Background 6 #383
 Diamond  CC 0

Prismatic Diamond Background 6

Source GDJ

Light Blue Background Pattern #1161
 Grid  CC BY-SA 3.0

This light blue background pattern is quite pleasing to the eye, it consists of a tiny rough grid pattern, which is seamless by design. That's it, if you like the color, you can use this seamless pattern in a web design without making any further modifications to it.

Source V. Hartikainen

Background pattern 315 (colour 4) #1842
 Colorful  CC 0

The rectangular tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i

Source Firkin

Background pattern 336 (colour 2) #1720
 Green  CC 0

Formed by distorting the inside front cover of 'Diversæ insectarum volatilium : icones ad vivum accuratissmè depictæ per celeberrimum pictorem', Jacob Hoefnagel, 1630.

Source Firkin

Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 5 No Background@2X #544
 Diamond  CC 0

Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 5 No Background

Source GDJ

Zodiac pattern (black background) #267
 Dark  CC 0

A seamless pattern formed from a square tile. The tile can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-I. Version with black background.

Source Firkin

Medic Packaging Foil@2X #377
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

8 by 8 pixels, and just what the title says.

Source pixilated

Carbon Fiber Big@2X #327
 Carbon  CC BY-SA 3.0

Bigger is better, right? So here you have some large carbon fiber.

Source Factorio.us Collective

Colorful Floral Background #479
 Noise  CC 0

Colorful Floral Background

Source GDJ

Diamond pattern (colour 2) #2284
 Green  CC 0

From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Pinstripe@2X #36
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

Light gray pattern with a thin pinstripe.

Source Brandon

Black Linen@2X #64
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

In the spirit of WWDC 2011, here is a dark iOS inspired linen pattern.

Source Atle Mo