I love these crisp, tiny, super subtle patterns.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
A seamless pattern formed from a tile made from page ornament 22. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Like the name says, light and gray, with some small dots and circles.
Source Brenda Lay
Prismatic Polka Dots 3 No Background
Source GDJ
A seamless background pattern of dark brown wood planks.
Source V. Hartikainen
Black And White Floral Pattern Background Inverse
Source GDJ
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A seamless chequerboard pattern formed from a tile that can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A pattern formed from a squared tile. The tile can be accessed in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Basket Fibers, Basket Texture, Braid Background style CC0 texture.
Source 1A-Photoshop
A seamless pattern with wide vertical stripes colored in pale yellow.
Source V. Hartikainen
Prismatic Geometric Pattern Background 2 No Black
Source GDJ
Looks like a technical drawing board: small squares forming a nice grid.
Source We Are Pixel8
A grayscale fabric pattern with vertical lines of stitch holes.
Source V. Hartikainen
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Zero CC tileable yellow craft paper; scanned and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Seamless Prismatic Pythagorean Line Art Pattern No Background. A seamless pattern that includes the original tile (go to Objects / Pattern / Pattern To Objects in Inkscape's menu to extract it).
Source GDJ
This is so subtle you need to bring your magnifier!
Source Carlos Valdez
A smooth mid-tone gray, or low contrast if you will, linen pattern.
Source Jordan Pittman
A dark pattern made out of 3×3 circles and a 1px shadow. This works well as a carbon texture or background.
Source Atle Mo
Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be extracted by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 2 No Black
Source GDJ
Dark Tile-able Grunge Texture. I think this texture can be classified as grunge. It's free and seamless, as always.
Source V. Hartikainen