Remixed from an image on Pixabay uploaded by Prawny
Source Firkin
This is so subtle: We’re talking 1% opacity. Get your squint on!
Source Atle Mo
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i
Source Firkin
A background formed from an image of an old tile on the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art website. To get the base tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
A car pattern?! Can it be subtle? I say yes!
Source Radosław Rzepecki
A pattern derived from repeating unit cells each derived from part of a fractal rendering in paint.net.
Source Firkin
Inspired by a drawing in 'Kulturgeschichte', Freidrich Hellwald, 1896.
Source Firkin
With a name this awesome, how can I go wrong?
Source Nikolay Boltachev
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 5 No Background
Source GDJ
Derived from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by mdmelo.
Source Firkin
Based on several public domain drawings on Wikimedia Commons. This was formed from a rectangular tile. The tile can be accessed in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Codogno e il suo territorio nella cronaca e nella storia'', Gio and Giarella Cairo, 1897.
Source Firkin
Inspired by a 1930s wallpaper pattern I saw on TV.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern the starting point for which was a 'rainbow twist' texture in Paint.net.
Source Firkin
A bit like smudged paint or some sort of steel, here is scribble light.
Source Tegan Male
White fabric looking texture with some nice random wave features.
Source Hendrik Lammers
The name is totally random, but hey, it sounds good.
Source Atle Mo
Feel free to download and use it, or see the rest of the dark background patterns that I have made. Anyway, I hope you will find something that you like.
Source V. Hartikainen
One more sharp little tile for you. Subtle circles this time.
Source Blunia