Sort of like the Photoshop transparent background, but better!
Source Alex Parker
Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern recreated from an image on Pixabay. It is reminiscent of parquet flooring and is formed from a square tile, which can be recovered in Inkscape by selecting the ungrouped rectangle and using shift-alt-I together.
Source Firkin
Seamless Green Tile Background
Source V. Hartikainen
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a design seen on Pixabay. The basic tile can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Prismatic Abstract Background Design
Source GDJ
A bit of scratched up grayness. Always good.
Source Dmitry
This is so subtle: We’re talking 1% opacity. Get your squint on!
Source Atle Mo
Black brick wall pattern. Brick your site up!
Source Alex Parker
Prismatic Floral Background No Black
Source GDJ
Might not be super subtle, but quite original in its form.
Source Alex Smith
From a drawing in 'In an Enchanted Island', William Mallock, 1892.
Source Firkin
Washi (和紙?) is a type of paper made in Japan. Here’s the pattern for you!
Source Carolynne
Plywood Web Background background image for use in web design.
Source V. Hartikainen
Hexagonal dark 3D pattern. What more can you ask for?
Source Norbert Levajsics
Has nothing to do with toast, but it’s nice and subtle.
Source Pippin Lee
Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Sharp pixel pattern looking like some sort of fabric.
Source Dmitry
A version without colours blended together to give a different look.
Source Firkin
Light square grid pattern, great for a “DIY projects” sort of website, maybe?
Source Rafael Almeida
Tile-able Dark Brown Wood Background. Feel free to use it as a background image in your designs or somewhere on the web. By the way, the color seems to be close to Coffee Brown.
Source V. Hartikainen
To get the tile this is formed from select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Sort of reminds me of those old house wallpapers.
Source Tish
A car pattern?! Can it be subtle? I say yes!
Source Radosław Rzepecki
Not the Rebel alliance, but a dark textured pattern.
Source Hendrik Lammers
Bright Multicolored Floral Background by Karen Arnold from PDP.
Source GDJ