This is so subtle: We’re talking 1% opacity. Get your squint on!
Source Atle Mo
This one is so simple, yet so good. And you know it. Has to be in the collection.
Source Gluszczenko
No, not the band but the pattern. Simple squares in gray tones, of course.
Source Atle Mo
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Vertical lines with a bumpy, yet crisp, feel to it.
Source Raasa
Don’t look at this one too long if you’re high on something.
Source Luuk van Baars
A lovely light gray pattern with stripes and a dash of noise.
Source V. Hartikainen
Light honeycomb pattern made up of the classic hexagon shape.
Source Federica Pelzel
Here's a dark background pattern that contains a steel grid pattern as a texture. Use it as a website background or for other purposes. It's free!
Source V. Hartikainen
A simple but elegant classic. Every collection needs one of these.
Source Christopher Burton
A heavy hitter at 400x400px, but lovely still.
Source Breezi
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
A seamless chequerboard pattern formed from a tile that can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i. Alternative colour scheme.
Source Firkin
Imagine you zoomed in 1000X on some fabric. But then it turned out to be a skeleton!
Source Angelica
The name alone is awesome, but so is this sweet dark pattern.
Source Federica Pelzel
A seamlessly tileable pink background texture.
Source V. Hartikainen
Never out of fashion and so much hotter than the 45º everyone knows, here is a sweet 60º line pattern.
Source Atle Mo
This one takes you back to math class. Classic mathematic board underlay.
Source Josh Green
Background formed from the original with an emboss effect
Source GDJ
Sweet and subtle white plaster with hints of noise and grunge.
Source Phil Maurer
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
Just what the name says, paper fibers. Always good to have.
Source Heliodor jalba
Lovely light gray floral motif with some subtle shades.
Source GraphicsWall