Diagonal Striped Brick #679
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0Might not be super subtle, but quite original in its form.
Source Alex Smith
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Leafy pattern grass and green #1966
Green CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'Jezebel's Daughter', Wilkie Collins 1880
Source Firkin
"Seamless Bark", Website Background. #879
Wood CC BY-SA 3.0This background pattern contains a seamless texture of bark. It's not very realistic, but I think it looks quite nice.
Source V. Hartikainen
Retro Intro@2X #894
Gray CC BY-SA 3.0A slightly more textured pattern, medium gray. A bit like a potato sack?
Source Bilal Ketab
"Dark Brick Wall", Background Pattern #1024
Stone CC BY-SA 3.0Like the name suggests, this background image consists of a pattern of dark bricks. It may be an option for you, if you are looking for something that looks like a brick wall for use as a background on web pages. It's not a masterpiece, but looks pretty nice when is tiled.
Source V. Hartikainen
Pink Lime Circle Pattern Scrapbook Paper #145
Noise CC BY-SA 3.0Used the 6th circle pattern designed by Viscious-Speed to create a print that can be used for card making or scrapbooking. Save as a PDF file for the best printing option.
Source Lovinglf
Confectionary #1342
Light CC BY-SA 3.0This could be a hippy vintage wallpaper.
Source Tileable Patterns
Hexagonal pattern #2379
Dark CC 0A seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Project Papper@2X #120
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0Light square grid pattern, great for a “DIY projects” sort of website, maybe?
Source Rafael Almeida
Broken Noise #364
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Beautiful dark noise pattern with some dust and grunge.
Source Vincent Klaiber
Zig-zag pattern 6 #2413
Grid CC 0A seamless pattern based on a square tile that can be retrieved in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Blue Wallpaper For Websites #910
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0A blue background wallpaper for websites. It has a seamless texture with vertical stripes. It looks quite nice not only when using as a tiled background on websites, but also on computer desktops.
Source V. Hartikainen
Dotnoise Light Grey@2X #309
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0Sort of like the back of a wooden board. Light, subtle, and stylish, just the way we like it!
Source Nikolalek
GPlay #735
Light CC BY-SA 3.0A playful triangle pattern with different shades of gray.
Source Dimitrie Hoekstra
Classy Fabric@2X #612
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0This is lovely, just the right amount of subtle noise, lines and textures.
Source Richard Tabor
“Transparent” Background Pattern #493
Light CC 0An emulated “transparent” background pattern, like that of all kinds of computer graphics software.
Source AdamStanislav
White Texture@2X #132
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Not the most creative name, but it’s a good all-purpose light background.
Source Dmitry
Hoffman #1152
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0Did anyone say The Hoff? This pattern is in no way related to Baywatch.
Source Josh Green