Iron Grip #587
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Sounds like something from World of Warcraft. Has to be good.
Source Tony Kinard
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Checkered Pattern@2X #323
Grid CC BY-SA 3.0Simple gray checkered lines, in light tones.
Source Radosław Rzepecki
Background pattern 245 (colour 5) #2188
Green CC 0This was formed by distorting an image of a background on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
Subtle Carbon@2X #950
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0There are many carbon patterns, but this one is tiny.
Source Designova
Mermaid divider #1970
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 336 (colour 2) #1720
Green CC 0Formed by distorting the inside front cover of 'Diversæ insectarum volatilium : icones ad vivum accuratissmè depictæ per celeberrimum pictorem', Jacob Hoefnagel, 1630.
Source Firkin
Flourish 2 #2299
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Gately's World's Progress', Charles Beale, 1886.
Source Firkin
"Green Stone", Seamless Web Texture #1050
Stone CC BY-SA 3.0A seamless web texture of "green stone".
Source V. Hartikainen
Subtle Stripes@2X #752
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0Vertical lines with a bumpy, yet crisp, feel to it.
Source Raasa
Soft Wallpaper@2X #96
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0Coming in at 666x666px, this is an evil big pattern, but nice and soft at the same time.
Source Atle Mo
Maze White@2X #1047
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Just like the black maze, only in light gray. Duh.
Source Peax
Low Contrast Linen #863
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0A smooth mid-tone gray, or low contrast if you will, linen pattern.
Source Jordan Pittman
Rebel #829
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Not the Rebel alliance, but a dark textured pattern.
Source Hendrik Lammers
Swirl@2X #948
Light CC BY-SA 3.0The name tells you it has curves. Oh yes, it does!
Source Peter Chon
Background pattern pink #1948
Pink CC 0To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Project Papper #119
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0Light square grid pattern, great for a “DIY projects” sort of website, maybe?
Source Rafael Almeida
Background pattern 298 #1899
Dark CC 0To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Candyhole #356
Light CC BY-SA 3.0It’s a hole, in a pattern. On your website. Dig it!
Source Josh Green
Flourish pattern (colour 2) #1738
Red CC 0Remixed from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by Pixeline
Source Firkin
"Gray Stone", Web Background Texture #1029
Stone CC BY-SA 3.0This seamless web background texture looks like gray stone. It's great for using as a background image on web pages, or on some of their elements. Anyway, I hope you will find use for it.
Source V. Hartikainen
Diagonal Striped Brick@2X #680
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0Might not be super subtle, but quite original in its form.
Source Alex Smith
Black Linen #63
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0In the spirit of WWDC 2011, here is a dark iOS inspired linen pattern.
Source Atle Mo
Colourful background 32 #2173
Colorful CC 0Colourful background achieved with gradient fills.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 5 No Black #402
Noise CC 0Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 5 No Black
Source GDJ