A simple circle. That’s all it takes. This one is even transparent, for those who like that.
Source Saqib
A free tileable background colored in off-white (antique white) color.
Source V. Hartikainen
An abstract Background pattern of purple twisty patterns.
Source TikiGiki
Background formed from the original with an emboss effect.
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is formed from select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Someone was asking about how to achieve a fur pattern at #inkscape irc so tried to make a filter on it. Flood filled fractal noises rigged together. May someone find a good use for these.
Source Lazur URH
Simple gray checkered lines, in light tones.
Source Radosław Rzepecki
Drawn in Paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic.
Source Firkin
First pattern tailor-made for Retina, with many more to come. All the old ones are upscaled, in case you want to re-download.
Source Atle Mo
A pattern formed from a squared tile. The tile can be accessed in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern formed from a square tile based on a jpg on Pixabay. The tile can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-I.
Source Firkin
Dead simple but beautiful horizontal line pattern.
Source Fabian Schultz
Utilising a bird from s-light and some flowers from Almeidah. To get the unit tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Retro Circles Background 5 No Black
Source GDJ
Remixed from a drawing in 'Paul's Sister', Frances Peard, 1889.
Source Firkin
Not the most creative name, but it’s a good all-purpose light background.
Source Dmitry
The square tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
A seamless chequerboard pattern formed from a tile that can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i. Alternative colour scheme.
Source Firkin
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin