This is so subtle: We’re talking 1% opacity. Get your squint on!
Source Atle Mo
A seamless pattern from a tile made from a jpg on Pixabay. To get the tile select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Zero CC tileable ground (#2) cracked, crackled texture, made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Dark blue concrete wall with some small dust spots.
Source Atle Mo
From a drawing in 'Cowdray: the history of a great English House', Julia Roundell, 1884.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background
Source GDJ
Abstract Arbitrary Geometric Background derived from an image on Pixabay.
Source GDJ
A beautiful dark wood pattern, superbly tiled.
Source Omar Alvarado
A seamless background texture of old cardboard.
Source V. Hartikainen
Super subtle indeed, a medium gray pattern with tiny dots in a grid.
Source Designova
Remixed from a drawing in 'Hungary. A guide book. By several authors', 1890.
Source Firkin
An abstract texture of water. It's not perfect, but will do. You may download if you like it.
Source V. Hartikainen
A seamless pattern from a tile made from a jpg on Pixabay. To get the tile select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Medium gray fabric pattern with 45-degree lines going across.
Source Atle Mo
Love the style on this one, very fresh. Diagonal diamond pattern. Get it?
Source INS
A slightly grainy paper pattern with small horizontal and vertical strokes.
Source Atle Mo
This is indeed a bit strange, but here’s to the crazy ones!
Source Christopher Buecheler
A seamless background drawn in Paint.net and vectorised with Vector Magic. The starting point was a photograph of drinking straws from Pixabay.
Source Firkin
Remix from a drawing in 'Ostatnie chwile powstania styczniowego', Zygmunt Sulima, 1887.
Source Firkin
You know I love paper patterns. Here is one from Stephen. Say thank you!
Source Stephen Gilbert