A grayscale fabric pattern with vertical lines of stitch holes.
Source V. Hartikainen
Derived from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by darkmoon1968
Source Firkin
As simple and subtle as it gets. But sometimes that’s just what you want.
Source Designova
From a drawing in 'Studies for Stories', Jean Ingelow, 1864.
Source Firkin
After 1 comes 2, same but different. You get the idea.
Source Hendrik Lammers
I have no idea what J Boo means by this name, but hey – it’s hot.
Source j Boo
A pattern derived from repeating unit cells each derived from part of a mosaic in paint.net. The starting point for the mosaic was a picture of some prawns!
Source Firkin
This is sort of fresh, but still feels a bit old school.
Source Martuchox
The Grid. A digital frontier. I tried to picture clusters of information as they traveled through the computer.
Source Haris Šumić
A seamless marble-like texture colored in light blue.
Source V. Hartikainen
A slightly more textured pattern, medium gray. A bit like a potato sack?
Source Bilal Ketab
Zero CC tileable bark texture, photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Works. Popular edition', John Ruskin, 1886.
Source Firkin
Might not be super subtle, but quite original in its form.
Source Alex Smith
Dare I call this a «flat pattern»? Probably not.
Source Dax Kieran
This seamless light brown background texture resembles a wallpaper with vertical stripes. One way to use it is as a tiled background on web sites.
Source V. Hartikainen
Crossing lines with a subtle emboss effect on a dark background.
Source Stefan Aleksić
A huge one at 800x600px. Made from a photo I took going home after work.
Source Atle Mo
One more updated pattern. Not really carbon fiber, but it’s the most popular pattern, so I’ll give you an extra choice.
Source Atle Mo
Retro Circles Background 7 No Black
Source GDJ
Remixed from a drawing in 'Maidenhood; or, the Verge of the Stream', Laura Jewry, 1876.
Source Firkin
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Remixed from a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
A seamless background colored in pale orange. It has a paper like texture with diagonal grid pattern.
Source V. Hartikainen
This one is super crisp at 2X. Lined paper with some dust and scratches.
Source HQvectors