As simple and subtle as it gets. But sometimes that’s just what you want.
Source Designova
A background pattern inspired by designs seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857.
Source Firkin
Remixed from an image on Pixabay uploaded by Prawny
Source Firkin
Geometric triangles seem to be quite hot these days.
Source Pixeden
Remixed from a drawing in 'Line and form", Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
A nice and simple gray stucco material. Great on its own, or as a base for a new pattern.
Source Bartosz Kaszubowski
A seamless pattern with green and yellow diagonal lines on top of a white dotted background.
Source V. Hartikainen
This was formed by distorting an image of a background on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
Used in small doses, this could be a nice subtle pattern. Used on a large surface, it’s dirty!
Source Paul Reulat
The first pattern on here using opacity. Try it on a site with a colored background, or even using mixed colors.
Source Nathan Spady
Derived from elements found in a floral ornament drawing on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
Super subtle indeed, a medium gray pattern with tiny dots in a grid.
Source Designova
Remixed from a drawing in 'Paul's Sister', Frances Peard, 1889.
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
Formed from a tile based on a drawing from 'Viaggi d'un artista nell'America Meridionale', Guido Boggiani, 1895.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Resa i Afrika, genom Angola, Ovampo och Damaraland', P. Moller, 1899.
Source Firkin
A background tile for web with abstract repeating texture of dark "stone wall".
Source V. Hartikainen
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
This is lovely, just the right amount of subtle noise, lines and textures.
Source Richard Tabor
Simple gray checkered lines, in light tones.
Source Radosław Rzepecki
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
This was formed by distorting an image of a background on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
The image depicts a seamless pattern of a Japanese family crest called "chidori" in Japanese .A chidori in Japanese means a plover in English.
Source Yamachem