Light Wool #695
Grid CC BY-SA 3.0Submitted as a black pattern, I made it light and a few steps more subtle.
Source Andy
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Subtle White Feathers #1103
Light CC BY-SA 3.0This one is amazing, truly original. Go use it!
Source Viahorizon
Seamless Background Texture (Light Pink) #1231
Pink CC BY-SA 3.0Feel free to use this seamless background texture as a background on a web site. It's colored in a light pink color and is seamlessly tile-able.
Source V. Hartikainen
Decorative divider 234 #2093
Dark CC 0Derived from a drawing in 'The Murmur of the Shells', Samuel Cowen, 1879.
Source Firkin
Dark Concrete Wall #1193
Concrete CC BY-SA 3.0A free repetitive background with a dark concrete wall like texture. This one may be used in dark web site designs.
Source V. Hartikainen
Background pattern 223 (colour 6) #2348
Yellow CC 0Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Pink Background Pattern #1232
Pink CC BY-SA 3.0A free pink background pattern.
Source V. Hartikainen
Nami #575
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Not sure if this is related to the Nami you get in Google image search, but hey, it’s nice!
Source Dertig Media
Wooden Background For Websites #873
Wood CC BY-SA 3.0This background has abstract texture with some similarities to wood.
Source V. Hartikainen
Page ornament #1992
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'Chambéry à la fin du XIVe siècle', Timoleon Chapperon, 1863.
Source Firkin
French Stucco #697
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0Fabric-ish patterns are close to my heart. French Stucco to the rescue.
Source Christopher Buecheler
Decorative divider 235 #2091
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'The Quiver of Love', Walter Crane, 1876
Source Firkin
Polonez Pattern #334
Gray CC BY-SA 3.0A car pattern?! Can it be subtle? I say yes!
Source Radosław Rzepecki
Geometric pattern #2004
Grid CC 0A monochrome pattern from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscaope and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Rough Cloth #312
Fabric CC BY-SA 3.0More tactile goodness. This time in the form of some rough cloth.
Source Bartosz Kaszubowski
Pine Bark #1276
Wall CC 0Zero CC tileable pine bark texture, photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Mooning #1140
Gray CC BY-SA 3.0The classic subtle pattern. Sort of wall/brick looking. Or moon-looking?
Source Joel Klein
Rushes divider #2152
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Hundert Jahre in Wort und Bild', S. Stefan, 1899.
Source Firkin
Green Cup #1211
Unknow CC BY-SA 3.0I scanned a paper coffee cup. You know, in case you need it.
Source Atle Mo
Leafy pattern 13 #1758
Dark CC 0Derived from a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
Wood Pattern@2X #371
Wood CC BY-SA 3.0One of the few full-color patterns here, but this one was just too good to pass up.
Source Alexey Usoltsev
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 5 No Black #467
Dark CC 0Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 5 No Black
Source GDJ
Prismatic Snowflakes Pattern 3 No Background@2X #781
Light CC 0Prismatic Snowflakes Pattern 3 No Background
Source GDJ