A seamless pattern drawn originally in Paint.net by distorting a slice of background pattern 116 and copying the resulting triangle numerous times.
Source Firkin
Dark squares with some virus-looking dots in the grid.
Source Hugo Loning
Produced using the clouds, flames and glass blocks plug-ins in Paint.net and the resulting .PNG vectorised with Vector Magic.
Source Firkin
Can never have too many knitting patterns, especially as nice as this.
Source Victoria Spahn
From a drawing in 'Less Black than we're painted', James Payn, 1884.
Source Firkin
I’m not going to lie – if you submit something with the words Norwegian and Rose in it, it’s likely I’ll publish it.
Source Fredrik Scheide
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 2
Source GDJ
A subtle shadowed checkered pattern. Increase the lightness for even more subtle sexiness.
Source Josh Green
From a drawing in 'A Rolling Stone. A tale of wrongs and revenge', John Hartley, 1878.
Source Firkin
Subtle scratches on a light gray background.
Source Andrey Ovcharov
Seamless , tileable CC-0 texture. Created by my own, feel free to use wherever you want!
Source Linolafett
Simple gray checkered lines, in light tones.
Source Radosław Rzepecki
Detailed but still subtle and quite original. Lovely gray shades.
Source Kim Ruddock
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Formed from a tile based on a drawing from 'Viaggi d'un artista nell'America Meridionale', Guido Boggiani, 1895.
Source Firkin
Derived from elements found in a floral ornament drawing on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Navigations de Alouys de Cademoste.-La Navigation du Capitaine Pierre Sintre', Alvise da ca da Mosto, 1895.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 2
Source GDJ
A large (588x375px) sand-colored pattern for your ever-growing collection. Shrink at will.
Source Alex Tapein
The perfect pattern for all your blogs about type, or type-related matters.
Source Atle Mo
Background formed from the original with an emboss effect
Source GDJ
Medium gray pattern with small strokes to give a weave effect.
Source Catherine
Nasty or not, it’s a nice pattern that tiles. Like they all do.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
Formed from a tile based on a drawing from 'Viaggi d'un artista nell'America Meridionale', Guido Boggiani, 1895.
Source Firkin
Might not be super subtle, but quite original in its form.
Source Alex Smith