Paven #296
Grid CC BY-SA 3.0A subtle shadowed checkered pattern. Increase the lightness for even more subtle sexiness.
Source Josh Green
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Subtle White Mini Waves #1322
Unknow CC BY-SA 3.0Tiny circle waves, almost like the ocean.
Source Sagive
Diagonal Noise #181
Fabric CC BY-SA 3.0A simple but elegant classic. Every collection needs one of these.
Source Christopher Burton
Dark Wood@2X #321
Wood CC BY-SA 3.0A beautiful dark wood pattern, superbly tiled.
Source Omar Alvarado
Bedge Grunge #978
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0A large (588x375px) sand-colored pattern for your ever-growing collection. Shrink at will.
Source Alex Tapein
Background pattern 18 #202
Dark CC 0A seamless pattern the starting point for which was a 'colour modulo' texture in Paint.net.
Source Firkin
Floral tile 4 #1710
Dark CC 0Derived from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by darkmoon1968
Source Firkin
Decorative divider 254 #2040
Dark CC 0Remixed from a design seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857
Source Firkin
Grilled Noise@2X #582
Fabric CC BY-SA 3.0You could get a bit dizzy from this one, but it might come in handy.
Source Dertig Media
Vintage pattern #1957
Grid CC 0Formed from a tile based on a drawing from 'Viaggi d'un artista nell'America Meridionale', Guido Boggiani, 1895.
Source Firkin
Decorative divider 300 #1715
Dark CC 0Derived from a PNG that was uploaded to Pixabay by nutkitten
Source Firkin
Txture@2X #758
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Dark, lines, noise, tactile. You get the drift.
Source Anatoli Nicolae
Background pattern 221 #2347
Dark CC 0A seamless pattern formed from a tile made from ornament 22. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Subtle Dark Vertical #607
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Classic vertical lines, in all its subtlety.
Source Cody L
Background pattern 250 (colour 2) #2170
Blue CC 0To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Feathered #1324
Unknow CC BY-SA 3.0This is sort of fresh, but still feels a bit old school.
Source Martuchox
Background pattern 306 (colour 3) #1880
Colorful CC 0Seamless pattern the tile for which can be had by using shift-alt-I on the selected rectangle in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
Flourish 2 #2299
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Gately's World's Progress', Charles Beale, 1886.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 252 #2162
Dark CC 0Recreated 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
45-Degree Fabric@2X #2
Fabric CC BY-SA 3.0Medium gray fabric pattern with 45-degree lines going across.
Source Atle Mo
Decorative divider 292 #1774
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Floral pattern 6 (colour 6) #2455
Fabric CC 0Alternative colour scheme for the original floral pattern.
Source Firkin
Visual illusion #2586
Grid CC 0The edges of all the red objects line up either vertically or horizontally, but it doesn't appear so. Made from a square tile that can be got by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Polka Dots 3 No Background #528
Noise CC 0Prismatic Polka Dots 3 No Background
Source GDJ
Diagonal Striped Brick@2X #680
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0Might not be super subtle, but quite original in its form.
Source Alex Smith