Your eyes can trip a bit from looking at this – use it wisely.
Source Michal Chovanec
Vector version of a png that was uploaded to Pixabay by pencilparker
Source Firkin
Small gradient crosses inside 45-degree boxes, or bigger crosses if you will.
Source Wassim
Recreated from a pattern found in 'Az Osztrák-Magyar Monarchia irásban és képben', 1882. To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
An abstract pale yellow paper-like background with stains colored in yellow and green.
Source V. Hartikainen
Bigger is better, right? So here you have some large carbon fiber.
Source Factorio.us Collective
Might not be super subtle, but quite original in its form.
Source Alex Smith
ZeroCC tileable moss texture, photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
A re-make of the Gradient Squares pattern.
Source Dimitar Karaytchev
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
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Chambéry à la fin du XIVe siècle', Timoleon Chapperon, 1863.
Source Firkin
ZeroCC tileable stone texture, edited from pixabay. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Everyone needs some stardust. Sprinkle it on your next project.
Source Atle Mo
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
If you don’t like cream and pixels, you’re in the wrong place.
Source Mizanur Rahman
Here's a subtle marble-like background for use on websites.
Source V. Hartikainen
Dark wooden pattern, given the subtle treatment. based on texture from Cloaks. https://cloaks.deviantart.com
Source Atle Mo
With a name like this, it has to be hot. Diagonal lines in light shades.
Source Isaac
Nasty or not, it’s a nice pattern that tiles. Like they all do.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
Zero CC tileable ground (#2) cracked, crackled texture, made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Light honeycomb pattern made up of the classic hexagon shape.
Source Federica Pelzel
Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
Source Firkin