Nicely crafted paper pattern, although a bit on the large side (500x593px).
Source Blaq Annabiosis
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
Derived from a drawing in 'Elfrica. An historical romance of the twelfth century', Charlotte Boger, 1885
Source Firkin
Super detailed 16×16 tile that forms a beautiful pattern of straws.
Source Pavel
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
An alternative colour scheme for the original background.
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Might not be super subtle, but quite original in its form.
Source Alex Smith
Love me some light mesh on a Monday. Sharp.
Source Wilmotte Bastien
Have you wondered about how it feels to be buried alive? Here is the pattern for it.
Source Hendrik Lammers
The starting point for this was a texture drawn with the 'Radial Colors' plug-in in Paint.net.
Source Firkin
A smooth mid-tone gray, or low contrast if you will, linen pattern.
Source Jordan Pittman
Kaleidoscope Prismatic Abstract No Background
Source GDJ
Retro Circles Background 5 No Black
Source GDJ
Here's a subtle marble-like background for use on websites.
Source V. Hartikainen
Colour version of a pattern that came out of playing with the 'light rays' plug-in for Paint.net
Source Firkin
I’m guessing this is related to the Sony Vaio? It’s a nice pattern no matter where it’s from.
Source Zigzain
Recreated from a pattern found in 'Az Osztrák-Magyar Monarchia irásban és képben', 1882. To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Looks a bit like concrete with subtle specks spread around the pattern.
Source Mladjan Antic
From a drawing in 'Les Chroniqueurs de l'Histoire de France depuis les origines jusqu'au XVIe siècle', Henriette Witt, 1884.
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is formed from select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
This is the third pattern called Dark Denim, but hey, we all love them!
Source Brandon Jacoby
A bit simplified version. Although it could be edited out to be simpler. Anyway, this time the tiling is converted to a pattern fill -which is using clipping for the tile's edges.
Source Lazur URH
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