As simple and subtle as it gets. But sometimes that’s just what you want.
Source Designova
Used a cherry by doctormo to make this seamless pattern
Source Firkin
A seamless light gray paper texture with horizontal double lines.
Source V. Hartikainen
You can never get enough of these tiny pixel patterns with sharp lines.
Source Designova
The tile this is based on can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Geometric triangles seem to be quite hot these days.
Source Pixeden
From a drawing in 'Gately's World's Progress', Charles Beale, 1886.
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
A pale yellow background pattern with vertical stripes. The stripes are partially faded. I think this background image turned out pretty well, especially those faded stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
Black brick wall pattern. Brick your site up!
Source Alex Parker
The tile this is formed from can be retrieved in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i
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
So tiny, just 7 by 7 pixels – but still so sexy. Ah yes.
Source Dmitriy Prodchenko
A free seamless background image with a texture of dark red "canvas". It should look very nice on web sites.
Source V. Hartikainen
Abstract Tiled Background Extended 12
Source GDJ
The unit cell for this seamless pattern can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
This beige background pattern resembles a concrete wall with engravings or something similar to it.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'Danmarks Riges Historie af J. Steenstrup, Kr. Erslev, A. Heise, V. Mollerup, J. A. Fridericia, E. Holm, A. D. Jørgensen', 1897.
Source Firkin
Not even 1kb, but very stylish. Gray thin lines.
Source Struck Axiom
Prismatic Basic Pattern 2 No Background
Source GDJ
The unit cell for this seamless pattern can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin