Super subtle indeed, a medium gray pattern with tiny dots in a grid.
Source Designova
Your eyes can trip a bit from looking at this – use it wisely.
Source Michal Chovanec
Derived from a drawing in 'The Murmur of the Shells', Samuel Cowen, 1879.
Source Firkin
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
Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 2 No Black
Source GDJ
From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Drawn in Paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic.
Source Firkin
Neat little photography icon pattern.
Source Hossam Elbialy
Seamless pattern the tile for which can be had by using shift-alt-I on the selected rectangle in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
The tile this is formed from can be retrieved in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Light gray paper pattern with small traces of fiber and some dust.
Source Atle Mo
An abstract pale yellow paper-like background with stains colored in yellow and green.
Source V. Hartikainen
If you don’t like cream and pixels, you’re in the wrong place.
Source Mizanur Rahman
From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
Not so subtle. These tileable wood patterns are very useful.
Source Elemis
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
I’m not going to use the word Retina for all the new patterns, but it just felt right for this one. Huge wood pattern for ya’ll.
Source Atle Mo
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 3 No Background
Source GDJ
Not a flat you live inside, like in the UK – but a flat piece of cardboard.
Source Appleshadow
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Free tiled background with colorful stripes and white splatter.
Source V. Hartikainen
I love the movie Pineapple Express, and I’m also liking this Pineapple right here.
Source Audee Mirza
Black brick wall pattern. Brick your site up!
Source Alex Parker
Remixed from a drawing in 'In an Enchanted Island', William Mallock, 1892.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Resa i Afrika, genom Angola, Ovampo och Damaraland', P. Moller, 1899.
Source Firkin
Utilising some flowers from Almeidah. To get the unit tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Simple combination of stripy squares with their negatively coloured counterparts
Source Firkin