Pixel by pixel, sharp and clean. Very light pattern with clear lines.
Source M.Ashok
From a drawing in 'Hubert Montreuil, or the Huguenot and the Dragoon', Francisca Ouvry, 1873.
Source Firkin
Might not be super subtle, but quite original in its form.
Source Alex Smith
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Small dots with minor circles spread across to form a nice mosaic.
Source John Burks
So tiny, just 7 by 7 pixels – but still so sexy. Ah yes.
Source Dmitriy Prodchenko
From a drawing in 'Gately's World's Progress', Charles Beale, 1886.
Source Firkin
Little x’es, noise and all the stuff you like. Dark like a Monday, with a hint of blue.
Source Tom McArdle
The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Dark Tile-able Grunge Texture. I think this texture can be classified as grunge. It's free and seamless, as always.
Source V. Hartikainen
A version without colours blended together to give a different look.
Source Firkin
Sharp but soft triangles in light shades of gray.
Source Pixeden
From a drawing in 'Hyde Park from Domesday-Book to date', John Ashton, 1896.
Source Firkin
Feel free to download and use it, or see the rest of the dark background patterns that I have made. Anyway, I hope you will find something that you like.
Source V. Hartikainen
Black version of a pattern that came out of playing with the 'light rays' plug-in for Paint.net
Source Firkin
If you want png files of this u can download them here : viscious-speed.deviantart.com/gallery/27635117
Source Viscious-Speed
The classic 45-degree diagonal line pattern, done right.
Source Jorick van Hees
A simple circle. That’s all it takes. This one is even transparent, for those who like that.
Source Saqib
This is the remix of "Colorful Floral Pattern Background 3" uploaded by "GDJ". Thanks.
Source Yamachem
Embossed lines and squares with subtle highlights.
Source Alex Parker
More leather, and this time it’s bigger! You know, in case you need that.
Source Elemis
A seamless paper background texture colored in pale yellow. This seamless texture is ideal for those who need a yellow background image for their website. The texture resembles paper.
Source V. Hartikainen
You know, tiny and sharp. I’m sure you’ll find a use for it.
Source Atle Mo
Stefan is hard at work, this time with a funky pattern of squares.
Source Stefan Aleksić
Light honeycomb pattern made up of the classic hexagon shape.
Source Federica Pelzel