Crossing lines with a subtle emboss effect on a dark background.
Source Stefan Aleksić
A seamless pattern the starting point for which was a 'rainbow twist' texture in Paint.net.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 4 No Background
Source GDJ
The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern based on a rectangular tile that can be retrieved in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
A dark pattern made out of 3×3 circles and a 1px shadow. This works well as a carbon texture or background.
Source Atle Mo
A pattern drawn in Paint.net and vectorized in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a design on Pixabay. 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 background pattern 102
Source Firkin
Oh yes, it happened! A pattern in full color.
Source Atle Mo
From a drawing in 'Studies for Stories', Jean Ingelow, 1864.
Source Firkin
This was submitted in a beige color, hence the name. Now it’s a gray paper pattern.
Source Konstantin Ivanov
As simple and subtle as it gets. But sometimes that’s just what you want.
Source Designova
A slightly grainy paper pattern with small horizontal and vertical strokes.
Source Atle Mo
This pack of filters can help you adding a blocky overlay to objects. May come handy at drawing blocks of stone.
Source Lazur URH
This is a seamless pattern of regular hexagon which has a honeycomb structure.
Source Yamachem
From a drawing in 'Hundert Jahre in Wort und Bild', S. Stefan, 1899.
Source Firkin
Formed from a tile based on a drawing from 'Viaggi d'un artista nell'America Meridionale', Guido Boggiani, 1895.
Source Firkin
Submitted as a black pattern, I made it light and a few steps more subtle.
Source Andy
The classic subtle pattern. Sort of wall/brick looking. Or moon-looking?
Source Joel Klein
A heavy hitter at 400x400px, but lovely still.
Source Breezi
From a drawing in 'Chambéry à la fin du XIVe siècle', Timoleon Chapperon, 1863.
Source Firkin
A heavy dark gray base, some subtle noise and a 45-degree grid makes this look like a pattern with a tactile feel to it.
Source Atle Mo