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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Prismatic Dots Background #501
 Noise  CC 0

Prismatic Dots Background

Source GDJ

Background pattern 270 #2061
 Dark  CC 0

A seamless pattern the unit cell for which can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i

Source Firkin

Paper 1@2X #16
 Paper  CC BY-SA 3.0

A slightly grainy paper pattern with small horizontal and vertical strokes.

Source Atle Mo

Random Grey Variations #69
 Stripes  CC BY-SA 3.0

Stefan is hard at work, this time with a funky pattern of squares.

Source Stefan Aleksić

Prismatic Polka Dots 3 No Background #528
 Noise  CC 0

Prismatic Polka Dots 3 No Background

Source GDJ

Grilled Noise #581
 Fabric  CC BY-SA 3.0

You could get a bit dizzy from this one, but it might come in handy.

Source Dertig Media

Prismatic Arrows Background #392
 Noise  CC 0

Prismatic Arrows Background

Source GDJ

Iron Grip #587
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

Sounds like something from World of Warcraft. Has to be good.

Source Tony Kinard

Black And White Floral Pattern Background Inverse #196
 Dark  CC 0

Black And White Floral Pattern Background Inverse

Source GDJ

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

Seamless Cardboard Texture #1212
 Cardboard  CC BY-SA 3.0

A free background image with a seamless texture of cardboard. This texture of cardboard looks quite realistic, especially when is actually tiled.

Source V. Hartikainen

plant pattern 01 #2507
 Unknow  CC 0

The image is a seamless pattern which is derived from a vine .Consequently, the vine got like dots via vectorization.The original vine is here:jp.pinterest.com/pin/500744052301410188/

Source Yamachem

Decorative divider 250 #2070
 Dark  CC 0

Remixed from a drawing in 'Очерки Русской Исторіи въ памятникахъ быта', Petr Polevoi, 1879.

Source Firkin