As simple and subtle as it gets. But sometimes that’s just what you want.
Source Designova
If you’re sick of the fancy 3D, grunge and noisy patterns, take a look at this flat 2D brick wall.
Source Listvetra
From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
A pale yellow background pattern with vertical stripes. The stripes are partially faded. I think this background image turned out pretty well, especially those faded stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
Prismatic Isometric Cube Wireframe Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
No relation to the band, but damn it’s subtle!
Source Thomas Myrman
Seamless , tileable CC-0 texture. Created by my own, feel free to use wherever you want!
Source Linolafett
That’s what it is, a dark dot. Or sort of carbon looking.
Source Tsvetelin Nikolov
From a drawing in 'A Rolling Stone. A tale of wrongs and revenge', John Hartley, 1878.
Source Firkin
A background formed from an image of an old tile on the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art website. To get the base tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Abstract Line Art Pattern Background 2
Source GDJ
Used in small doses, this could be a nice subtle pattern. Used on a large surface, it’s dirty!
Source Paul Reulat
The basic shapes never get old. Simple triangle pattern.
Source Atle Mo
If you want png files of this u can download them here : viscious-speed.deviantart.com/gallery/27635117
Source Viscious-Speed
A subtle shadowed checkered pattern. Increase the lightness for even more subtle sexiness.
Source Josh Green
A background pattern with a look of rough fabric.
Source V. Hartikainen
Sort of like the Photoshop transparent background, but better!
Source Alex Parker
From a drawing in 'Resa i Afrika, genom Angola, Ovampo och Damaraland', P. Moller, 1899.
Source Firkin
With a name this awesome, how can I go wrong?
Source Nikolay Boltachev
Remixed from a drawing in 'Some account of the Worshipful Company of Ironmongers', John Nicholl, 1866.
Source Firkin
The image is a remix of "edo pattern-samekomon".I changed the color of dots from black to white and added BG in light-brown.
Source Yamachem