As simple and subtle as it gets. But sometimes that’s just what you want.
Source Designova
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
The following free background pattern has glossy diagonal stripes as a texture to it, and it's colored in a light blue gray color. This background pattern is suitable for using in web design or any other graphic design projects. This applies to all background patterns here.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'Gately's World's Progress', Charles Beale, 1886.
Source Firkin
CC0 and seamless wellington boot pattern.
Source SliverKnight
Semi-light fabric pattern made out of random pixels in shades of gray.
Source Atle Mo
The image depicts a tiled seamless pattern.The tile represents four leaves aligned every 90 ° , which may look like a bird or a dragon .The original leaf design is from a Japanese old book.
Source Yamachem
Number 2 in a series of 5 beautiful patterns. Can be found in colors on the submitter’s website.
Source Janos Koos
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Number 3 in a series of 5 beautiful patterns. Can be found in colors on the submitter’s website.
Source Janos Koos
A seamless pattern the starting point for which was a 'light rays' rendering in Paint.net.
Source Firkin
To get the repeating unit, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'A Girl in Ten Thousand', Elizabeth Meade, 1896.
Source Firkin
Number 1 in a series of 5 beautiful patterns. Can be found in colors on the submitter’s website.
Source Janos Koos
From a drawing in 'Les Chroniqueurs de l'Histoire de France depuis les origines jusqu'au XVIe siècle', Henriette Witt, 1884.
Source Firkin
Sweet and subtle white plaster with hints of noise and grunge.
Source Phil Maurer
This is so subtle I hope you can see it! Tweak at will.
Source Alexandre Naud
Classic vertical lines, in all its subtlety.
Source Cody L
From a drawing in 'Artists and Arabs', Henry Blackburn, 1868.
Source Firkin
Don’t look at this one too long if you’re high on something.
Source Luuk van Baars
A light background pattern with diagonal stripes. Here's a simple light striped background for you.
Source V. Hartikainen
A huge one at 800x600px. Made from a photo I took going home after work.
Source Atle Mo
Vector version of a png that was uploaded to Pixabay by pencilparker
Source Firkin
The rectangular tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Sharp pixel pattern, just like the good old days.
Source Paridhi
A very dark spotted twinkle pattern for your twinkle needs.
Source Badhon Ebrahim