Geometric triangles seem to be quite hot these days.
Source Pixeden
Lovely light gray floral motif with some subtle shades.
Source GraphicsWall
Brushed aluminum, in a bright gray version. Lovely 2X as well.
Source Andre Schouten
Cubes as far as your eyes can see. You know, because they tile.
Source Jan Meeus
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
From a design found in 'History of the Virginia Company of London; with letters to and from the first Colony, never before printed', Edward Neill, 1869.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a design seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857. The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
This was submitted in a beige color, hence the name. Now it’s a gray paper pattern.
Source Konstantin Ivanov
From drawing in 'Musings in Maoriland', Thomas Bracken, 1890.
Source Firkin
If you like it a bit trippy, this wave pattern might be for you.
Source Ian Soper
Submitted as a black pattern, I made it light and a few steps more subtle.
Source Andy
Actually, there's no clouds in it, but I think it looks quite nice.
Source V. Hartikainen
A free seamless background image with a texture of dark red "canvas". It should look very nice on web sites.
Source V. Hartikainen
Light and tiny, just the way you like it.
Source Rohit Arun Rao
Greyscale version of a pattern that came out of playing with the 'slinky' plug-in for Paint.net
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
The unit cell for this seamless pattern can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Sort of like the back of a wooden board. Light, subtle, and stylish, just the way we like it!
Source Nikolalek
This was formed by distorting an image of a background on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin