As simple and subtle as it gets. But sometimes that’s just what you want.
Source Designova
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
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
More Japanese-inspired patterns, Gold Scales this time.
Source Josh Green
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 2 No Background
Source GDJ
Zero CC tileable bark texture, photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
A pattern formed from repeated instances of corner decoration 8. To get the basic tile select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Farmer could be some sort of fabric pattern, with a hint of green.
Source Fabian Schultz
A simple circle. That’s all it takes. This one is even transparent, for those who like that.
Source Saqib
Prismatic Rounded Squares Grid 4 No Background
Source GDJ
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 3 No Black
Source GDJ
The tile this is based on can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 5 No Background
Source GDJ
A seamless textured paper for backgrounds. Colored in pale orange hues.
Source V. Hartikainen
A repeating background of thick textured paper. Actually, it turned out to look like something between a paper and fabric.
Source V. Hartikainen
You guessed it – looks a bit like cloth.
Source Peax Webdesign
Geometric triangles seem to be quite hot these days.
Source Pixeden
Remixed from a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892. The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
A comeback for you: the popular Escheresque, now in black.
Source Patten
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso