Polonez Pattern #334
 Gray  CC BY-SA 3.0

A car pattern?! Can it be subtle? I say yes!

Source Radosław Rzepecki

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Seamless Core Pattern 3 #167
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Seamless Core Pattern 3

Source GDJ

Prismatic Geometric Tessellation Pattern 2 No Background #553
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Prismatic Geometric Tessellation Pattern 2 No Background

Source GDJ

Background pattern 7 (grey) #206
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Greyscale version of a pattern that came out of playing with the 'slinky' plug-in for Paint.net

Source Firkin

Type@2X #277
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

The perfect pattern for all your blogs about type, or type-related matters.

Source Atle Mo

Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 5 #401
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Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 5

Source GDJ

Background pattern 308 (colour 3) #1870
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Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.

Source Firkin

Pattern cleanup 4 #157
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An attempt for cleaning up the original image in a few steps.

Source Lazur URH

Retro Circles Background 6 #428
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Retro Circles Background 6

Source GDJ

Prismatic Geometric Pattern Variation 2 With Background #471
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Prismatic Geometric Pattern Variation 2 With Background

Source GDJ

Rough Cloth #312
 Fabric  CC BY-SA 3.0

More tactile goodness. This time in the form of some rough cloth.

Source Bartosz Kaszubowski