Subtle Surface@2X #926
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Super subtle indeed, a medium gray pattern with tiny dots in a grid.
Source Designova
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Noise Pattern With Subtle Cross Lines@2X #180
Grid CC BY-SA 3.0More bright luxury. This is a bit larger than fancy deboss, and with a bit more noise.
Source Viszt Péter
Green Fibers@2X #92
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0The green fibers pattern will work very well in grayscale as well.
Source Matteo Di Capua
Background pattern 289 (colour 2) #1936
Red CC 0To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Wood Stripe Pattern #888
Wood CC BY-SA 3.0A brown seamless wood texture in a form of stripe pattern. The result has turned out pretty well, in my opinion.
Source V. Hartikainen
Background pattern 309 #1866
Yellow CC 0Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
White Bed Sheet #821
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Nothing like a clean set of bed sheets, huh?
Source Badhon Ebrahim
Polonez Pattern@2X #335
Gray CC BY-SA 3.0A car pattern?! Can it be subtle? I say yes!
Source Radosław Rzepecki
"Reptile Skin", Seamless Texture #1119
Leather CC BY-SA 3.0A free seamless texture of reptile skin colored in a dark brown color. As always, you may use it as a repeated background image in your web design works, or for any other purposes.
Source V. Hartikainen
Washi@2X #289
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Washi (和紙?) is a type of paper made in Japan. Here’s the pattern for you!
Source Carolynne
Noisy Grid #959
Gray CC BY-SA 3.0This is a grid, only it’s noisy. You know. Reminds you of those printed grids you draw on.
Source Vectorpile
Ribbon pattern 2 (version 2, colour 3) #2037
Colorful CC 0The tile this is based on can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
leaf seamless pattern #2262
Blue CC 0The image depicts a tiled seamless pattern.The tile represents four leaves aligned every 90 ° , which may look like a bird or a dragon .The original leaf design is from a Japanese old book.
Source Yamachem
Classy Fabric #611
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0This is lovely, just the right amount of subtle noise, lines and textures.
Source Richard Tabor
White Wall 3 #1148
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0This one needs to be used in small areas; you can see it repeat.
Source Luca
Ribbon pattern 2 (version 2) #2039
Colorful CC 0The tile this is based on can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Page ornament 21 #2361
Dark CC 0From a design in 'Storia del Palazzo Vecchio in Firenze', Aurelio Gotti, 1889.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 105 #563
Dark CC 0A seamless pattern formed from background pattern 102
Source Firkin
Prismatic Floral Pattern 3 Variation 3 No Background@2X #808
Noise CC 0Prismatic Floral Pattern 3 Variation 3 No Background
Source GDJ
Seamless Texture of Wood Planks #880
Wood CC BY-SA 3.0Here's an yet another background for websites, with a seamless texture of wood planks this time.
Source V. Hartikainen
Background pattern 328 (colour 6) #1796
Red CC 0To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i
Source Firkin
Concrete Wall #77
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0Dark blue concrete wall with some small dust spots.
Source Atle Mo
HIXS Evolution #609
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Heavy depth and shadows here, but might work well on some mobile apps.
Source Damian Rivas
Prismatic Geometric Tessellation Pattern 3 No Background #555
Noise CC 0Prismatic Geometric Tessellation Pattern 3 No Background
Source GDJ
Noise Pattern With Subtle Cross Lines #179
Grid CC BY-SA 3.0More bright luxury. This is a bit larger than fancy deboss, and with a bit more noise.
Source Viszt Péter
Background pattern 328 #1801
Yellow CC 0To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i
Source Firkin
Reticular Tissue #763
Light CC BY-SA 3.0The act or state of corrugating or of being corrugated, a wrinkle; fold; furrow; ridge.
Source Anna Litvinuk
honeycomb-regular hexagon #2540
Grid CC 0This is a seamless pattern of regular hexagon which has a honeycomb structure.
Source Yamachem
Cross Scratches@2X #626
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0Subtle scratches on a light gray background.
Source Andrey Ovcharov