From a drawing in 'Gately's World's Progress', Charles Beale, 1886.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a JPG that was uploaded to Pixabay by theasad121
Source Firkin
Prismatic Geometric Pattern Background No Black
Source GDJ
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
Prismatic Snowflakes Pattern 3 No Background
Source GDJ
Derived from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by pugmom40
Source Firkin
Did anyone say The Hoff? This pattern is in no way related to Baywatch.
Source Josh Green
Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 4
Source GDJ
A bit strange this one, but nice at the same time.
Source Diogo Silva
Prismatic Floral Pattern 3 Variation 3 No Background
Source GDJ
From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
This one has rusty dark brown texture.
Source V. Hartikainen
A free grid paper background pattern for using on web sites.
Source V. Hartikainen
Seamless , tileable CC-0 texture. Created by my own, feel free to use wherever you want!
Source Linolafett
A light background pattern with diagonal stripes. Here's a simple light striped background for you.
Source V. Hartikainen
Remixed from a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
A free light orange brown wallpaper with vertical stripes designed for use as a tiled background on websites. An yet another background pattern with vertical stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
Prismatic Hexagonalism Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
Might not be super subtle, but quite original in its form.
Source Alex Smith
A free seamless background image with a texture of dark red "canvas". It should look very nice on web sites.
Source V. Hartikainen
Remixed from a drawing in 'A Girl in Ten Thousand', Elizabeth Meade, 1896.
Source Firkin
The perfect pattern for all your blogs about type, or type-related matters.
Source Atle Mo
CC0 and seamless wellington boot pattern.
Source SliverKnight
An orange vertically striped background pattern. Feel free to download and use this orange background pattern, for example, on the web). It resembles a wallpaper with vertical stripes or something similar to it.
Source V. Hartikainen