This is so subtle: We’re talking 1% opacity. Get your squint on!
Source Atle Mo
A huge one at 800x600px. Made from a photo I took going home after work.
Source Atle Mo
From a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
This is indeed a bit strange, but here’s to the crazy ones!
Source Christopher Buecheler
Actually remixed from a pattern on Pixabay. But then noticed a very similar one on Openclipart.org uploaded by btj51q2.
Source Firkin
From a design found in 'History of the Virginia Company of London; with letters to and from the first Colony, never before printed', Edward Neill, 1869.
Source Firkin
Mostly just mucked about with the colours and made one of the paths in the lead frame opaque. The glass remains transparent.
Source Firkin
Love me some light mesh on a Monday. Sharp.
Source Wilmotte Bastien
Remixed from a PNG that was uploaded to Pixabay by k_jprather
Source Firkin
In the spirit of WWDC 2011, here is a dark iOS inspired linen pattern.
Source Atle Mo
Used correctly, this could be nice. Used in a bad way, all hell will break loose.
Source Atle Mo
Has nothing to do with toast, but it’s nice and subtle.
Source Pippin Lee
A free repetitive background with a dark concrete wall like texture. This one may be used in dark web site designs.
Source V. Hartikainen
Hexagonal dark 3D pattern. What more can you ask for?
Source Norbert Levajsics
Not a flat you live inside, like in the UK – but a flat piece of cardboard.
Source Appleshadow
This is a remix of "geometrical pattern 01".
Source Yamachem
Used a cherry by doctormo to make this seamless pattern
Source Firkin
Old China with a modern twist, take two.
Source Adam Charlts
Prismatic Rounded Squares Grid 3 No Background
Source GDJ
As simple and subtle as it gets. But sometimes that’s just what you want.
Source Designova
Remixed from a drawing in 'Incidents on a Journey through Nubia to Darfoor', F. Ensor, 1891.
Source Firkin
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