This is so subtle: We’re talking 1% opacity. Get your squint on!
Source Atle Mo
Zero CC tileable wood texture, made by me procedurally in Neo Texture Edit.
Source Sojan Janso
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
Prismatic Polyskelion Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
Traced from a drawing in 'Household Stories from the Collection of the Brothers Grimm', Wilhelm Carl Grimm , 1882.
Source Firkin
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
The rectangular tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Two Women in the Klondike', Mary Hitchcock, 1899.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Abstract Background Design
Source GDJ
This was submitted in a beige color, hence the name. Now it’s a gray paper pattern.
Source Konstantin Ivanov
Heavily remixed from a drawing in 'Barbara Leybourne; a story of eighty years ago', Sarah Hamer, 1889.
Source Firkin
A dark gray, sandy pattern with small light dots, and some angled strokes.
Source Atle Mo
Derived from a drawing in 'The Murmur of the Shells', Samuel Cowen, 1879.
Source Firkin
A repeating background of beige (or is it more vanilla yellow) textured stripes. One more background with stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
The image depicts a seamless pattern of a tortoise in tortoiseshell (hexagon).
Source Yamachem
The classic subtle pattern. Sort of wall/brick looking. Or moon-looking?
Source Joel Klein
Because I love dark patterns, here is Brushed Alum in a dark coating.
Source Tim Ward
A seamless light gray paper texture with horizontal double lines.
Source V. Hartikainen
Prismatic Hypnotic Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
Love me some light mesh on a Monday. Sharp.
Source Wilmotte Bastien
White fabric looking texture with some nice random wave features.
Source Hendrik Lammers
Crossing lines with a subtle emboss effect on a dark background.
Source Stefan Aleksić
Light gray version of the Binding pattern that looks a bit like fabric.
Source Newbury
Here's a subtle marble-like background for use on websites.
Source V. Hartikainen
Vertical lines with a bumpy, yet crisp, feel to it.
Source Raasa
Small dots with minor circles spread across to form a nice mosaic.
Source John Burks