Not the most creative name, but it’s a good all-purpose light background.
Source Dmitry
The square tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
A white version of the very popular linen pattern.
Source Ant Ekşiler
If you’re sick of the fancy 3D, grunge and noisy patterns, take a look at this flat 2D brick wall.
Source Listvetra
Remixed from a raster on Pixabay, that was uploaded by ArtsyBee.
Source Firkin
This seamless pattern consists of a blue grid on a yellow background.
Source V. Hartikainen
A free pink background pattern.
Source V. Hartikainen
Coming in at 666x666px, this is an evil big pattern, but nice and soft at the same time.
Source Atle Mo
Formed from a tile based on a drawing from 'Viaggi d'un artista nell'America Meridionale', Guido Boggiani, 1895.
Source Firkin
Zero CC tileable ground (#2) cracked, crackled texture, made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
A free green background pattern with a pattern of rhombuses on a seamless texture. Feel free to use it as a tiled background image on your web site.
Source V. Hartikainen
Remixed from a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
Dead simple but beautiful horizontal line pattern.
Source Fabian Schultz
This is a grid, only it’s noisy. You know. Reminds you of those printed grids you draw on.
Source Vectorpile
There are many carbon patterns, but this one is tiny.
Source Designova
The classic notebook paper with horizontal stripes.
Source Are Sundnes
Prismatic Polyskelion Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Little x’es, noise and all the stuff you like. Dark like a Monday, with a hint of blue.
Source Tom McArdle
A repeating background with wood/straw like texture.
Source V. Hartikainen
Remixed from a drawing in 'Hungary. A guide book. By several authors', 1890.
Source Firkin
From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A mid-tone gray pattern with some cement looking texture.
Source Hendrik Lammers
A repeating background with seamless texture of stone. There haven't been any stone-like backgrounds for a while, so I have decided to create one more. The rest can be found in the appropriate category.
Source V. Hartikainen