Super subtle indeed, a medium gray pattern with tiny dots in a grid.
Source Designova
From a drawing in 'Les Chroniqueurs de l'Histoire de France depuis les origines jusqu'au XVIe siècle', Henriette Witt, 1884.
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
Number 2 in a series of 5 beautiful patterns. Can be found in colors on the submitter’s website.
Source Janos Koos
A dark pattern made out of 3×3 circles and a 1px shadow. This works well as a carbon texture or background.
Source Atle Mo
Heavily remixed from a drawing that was uploaded to Pixabay by ractapopulous
Source Firkin
The name alone is awesome, but so is this sweet dark pattern.
Source Federica Pelzel
Bigger is better, right? So here you have some large carbon fiber.
Source Factorio.us Collective
A beautiful dark padded pattern, like an old classic sofa.
Source Chris Baldie
From a drawing in 'Heroes of North African Discovery', Nancy Meugens, 1894.
Source Firkin
These dots are already worn for you, so you don’t have to.
Source Matt McDaniel
Not the most creative name, but it’s a good all-purpose light background.
Source Dmitry
A monochrome pattern from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscaope and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
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
From a drawing in 'Az Osztrák-Magyar Monarchia irásban és képben', 1885.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Jezebel's Daughter', Wilkie Collins 1880
Source Firkin
Same as Silver Scales, but in black. Turn your site into a dragon with this great scale pattern.
Source Alex Parker
From a drawing in 'Gately's World's Progress', Charles Beale, 1886.
Source Firkin