This is so subtle you need to bring your magnifier!
Source Carlos Valdez
The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
A monochrome pattern from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscaope and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
A classic dark tile for a bit of vintage darkness.
Source Listvetra
This was formed by distorting an image of a background on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 2 No Black
Source GDJ
Remixed from a drawing in 'Prehistoric Man: researches into the origin of civilisation in the old and the new world', Daniel Wilson, 1876.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a vector adapted from a jpg on Pixabay. The tile this is constructed from can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Zero CC tileable brick texture, photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
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
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
In the spirit of WWDC 2011, here is a dark iOS inspired linen pattern.
Source Atle Mo
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
This is so subtle: We’re talking 1% opacity. Get your squint on!
Source Atle Mo
Remixed from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by Pixeline
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Floral Pattern 3 Variation 3 No Background
Source GDJ
From a drawing in 'Les Chroniqueurs de l'Histoire de France depuis les origines jusqu'au XVIe siècle', Henriette Witt, 1884.
Source Firkin
Simple wide squares with a small indent. Fits all.
Source Petr Šulc.
Three shades of gray makes this pattern look like a small carbon fiber surface. Great readability even for small fonts.
Source Atle Mo
Did anyone say The Hoff? This pattern is in no way related to Baywatch.
Source Josh Green