A subtle shadowed checkered pattern. Increase the lightness for even more subtle sexiness.
Source Josh Green
A gray background pattern with a texture of textile. Suits perfectly for web design.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a PNG that was uploaded to Pixabay by k_jprather
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern the starting point for which was a 'colour modulo' texture in Paint.net.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 2 No Black
Source GDJ
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
Just to prove my point, here is a slightly modified dark version.
Source Atle Mo
A seamless pattern formed from a square tile. The tile can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Pattern #100! A black classic knit-looking pattern.
Source Factorio.us Collective
An alternative colour scheme for the original background.
Source Firkin
Psychedelic Geometric Background No Black
Source GDJ
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
This is so subtle I hope you can see it! Tweak at will.
Source Alexandre Naud
A bit like smudged paint or some sort of steel, here is scribble light.
Source Tegan Male
Here's a new paper-like background for free use on personal and commercial projects (this applies to all background patterns here).
Source V. Hartikainen
This seamless web background texture looks like gray stone. It's great for using as a background image on web pages, or on some of their elements. Anyway, I hope you will find use for it.
Source V. Hartikainen
Colour version that is close to the original drawing uploaded to Pixabay by pencilparker.
Source Firkin
More Japanese-inspired patterns, Gold Scales this time.
Source Josh Green
Derived from elements found in a floral ornament drawing on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
This seamless pattern consists of a blue grid on a yellow background.
Source V. Hartikainen
Seamless Dark Grunge Texture. Here's a new grunge texture for use as a background.
Source V. Hartikainen