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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Page ornament 53 #2060
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'The Canadian horticulturist', 1892
Source Firkin
Background pattern 336 (colour 2) #1720
Green CC 0Formed by distorting the inside front cover of 'Diversæ insectarum volatilium : icones ad vivum accuratissmè depictæ per celeberrimum pictorem', Jacob Hoefnagel, 1630.
Source Firkin
Graphy #350
Grid CC BY-SA 3.0Looks like a technical drawing board: small squares forming a nice grid.
Source We Are Pixel8
Billie Holiday@2X #1003
Light CC BY-SA 3.0No relation to the band, but damn it’s subtle!
Source Thomas Myrman
Pixel Weave #1154
Unknow CC BY-SA 3.0Clean and crisp lines all over the place. Wrap it up with this one.
Source Dax Kieran
Cross Scratches@2X #626
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0Subtle scratches on a light gray background.
Source Andrey Ovcharov
Brown Metallic Grid Pattern #1086
Metal CC BY-SA 3.0A brown metallic grid pattern layered on top of a dark fabric texture. It should look great when using as a tiled background on web pages, especially blogs.
Source V. Hartikainen
Prismatic Abstract Background Design@2X #791
Noise CC 0Prismatic Abstract Background Design
Source GDJ
Background pattern 273 #2042
Dark CC 0Remixed from a design seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857.
Source Firkin
Tiny Grid@2X #892
Light CC BY-SA 3.0You know, tiny and sharp. I’m sure you’ll find a use for it.
Source Atle Mo
Prismatic Polyskelion Pattern No Background #394
Light CC 0Prismatic Polyskelion Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
Background pattern 250 #2172
Dark CC 0To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Background Pattern Green #1939
Green CC 0Fix and cc0 to get the tile this is based on.
Source SliverKnight
Subtle Stripes #751
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0Vertical lines with a bumpy, yet crisp, feel to it.
Source Raasa
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 2 No Black #455
Noise CC 0Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 2 No Black
Source GDJ
Colourful background #2007
Colorful CC 0Made by distorting a simple pattern using the 'sin waves' plugin for Paint.net and vectorising in Vector Magic
Source Firkin
Multiple Greek key frame #1733
Dark CC 0Inspired by a drawing seen in 'City of Liverpool', James Picton, 1883.
Source Firkin
Polaroid #187
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0Smooth Polaroid pattern with a light blue tint.
Source Daniel Beaton
"Pink Bump Dots", Background Tile #1234
Pink CC BY-SA 3.0A free background tile with a pattern of pink bump dots. This background tile is sweet! Moreover, it's designed for use as website backgrounds.
Source V. Hartikainen
Egg Shell@2X #862
Light CC BY-SA 3.0It’s an egg, in the form of a pattern. This really is 2012.
Source Paul Phönixweiß
Light Mesh@2X #708
Fabric CC BY-SA 3.0Love me some light mesh on a Monday. Sharp.
Source Wilmotte Bastien