To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
This is so subtle: We’re talking 1% opacity. Get your squint on!
Source Atle Mo
Not so subtle. These tileable wood patterns are very useful.
Source Elemis
Paper pattern with small dust particles and 45-degree strokes.
Source Atle Mo
The original has been presented as black on transparent and stored in the pattern definitions. To retrieve the unit tile select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
I love cream! 50x50px and lovely in all the good ways.
Source Thomas Myrman
The classic subtle pattern. Sort of wall/brick looking. Or moon-looking?
Source Joel Klein
A seamless dark leather-like background texture with diagonal lines that look like stitches.
Source V. Hartikainen
Just to prove my point, here is a slightly modified dark version.
Source Atle Mo
Not the Rebel alliance, but a dark textured pattern.
Source Hendrik Lammers
A beautiful dark wood pattern, superbly tiled.
Source Omar Alvarado
Produced using the clouds, flames and glass blocks plug-ins in Paint.net and the resulting .PNG vectorised with Vector Magic.
Source Firkin
From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Because I love dark patterns, here is Brushed Alum in a dark coating.
Source Tim Ward
Dark squares with some virus-looking dots in the grid.
Source Hugo Loning
Recreated from a pattern found in 'Az Osztrák-Magyar Monarchia irásban és képben', 1882. To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern formed from a square tile. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
CC0 and a seamless pattern from a tile drawn in Paint.net .
Source SliverKnight
This seamless pattern consists of a blue grid on a yellow background.
Source V. Hartikainen
If you’re sick of the fancy 3D, grunge and noisy patterns, take a look at this flat 2D brick wall.
Source Listvetra
Beautiful dark noise pattern with some dust and grunge.
Source Vincent Klaiber
CC0 and a seamless pattern from a tile drawn in Paint.net .
Source SliverKnight