Dark, square, clean and tidy. What more can you ask for?
Source Jaromír Kavan
Everyone needs some stardust. Sprinkle it on your next project.
Source Atle Mo
Old China with a modern twist, take two.
Source Adam Charlts
Background Wall, Art Abstract, Block Well & CC0 texture.
Source Ractapopulous
To get the tile this is formed from select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Paul's Sister', Frances Peard, 1889.
Source Firkin
One can never have too few rice paper patterns, so here is one more.
Source Atle Mo
Same as the black version, but now in shades of gray. Very subtle and fine grained.
Source Atle Mo
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Inspired by a JPG that was uploaded to Pixabay by kokon_art
Source Firkin
One more in the line of patterns inspired by Japanese/Asian styles. Smooth.
Source Kim Ruddock
Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 5
Source GDJ
A seamless pattern formed from background pattern 102
Source Firkin
The classic notebook paper with horizontal stripes.
Source Are Sundnes
Might not be super subtle, but quite original in its form.
Source Alex Smith
A simple circle. That’s all it takes. This one is even transparent, for those who like that.
Source Saqib
First pattern tailor-made for Retina, with many more to come. All the old ones are upscaled, in case you want to re-download.
Source Atle Mo
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
The green fibers pattern will work very well in grayscale as well.
Source Matteo Di Capua
A seamless pattern formed from a square tile. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Derived from a drawing in 'The Murmur of the Shells', Samuel Cowen, 1879.
Source Firkin
A background pattern inspired by designs seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857.
Source Firkin
This reminds me of Game Cube. A nice light 3D cube pattern.
Source Sander Ottens
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Rounded Squares Grid 4 No Background
Source GDJ