Background pattern 225 #2327
 Colorful  CC 0

Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be extracted by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.

Source Firkin

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Polonez Pattern@2X #335
 Gray  CC BY-SA 3.0

A car pattern?! Can it be subtle? I say yes!

Source Radosław Rzepecki

Background Patterns - Citrone #248
 Fabric  CC BY-SA 3.0

If you want png files of this u can download them here : viscious-speed.deviantart.com/gallery/27635117

Source Viscious-Speed

Background pattern 238 #2229
 Red  CC 0

To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

overlay crack #153
 Noise  CC 0

This pack of filters can help you adding a blocky overlay to objects. May come handy at drawing blocks of stone.

Source Lazur URH

Background pattern black and white #2030
 Dark  CC 0

A background pattern inspired by designs seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857.

Source Firkin

Paisley Background #495
 Light  CC 0

Paisley Background

Source GDJ

Zig-zag pattern 4 #2415
 Grid  CC 0

A seamless pattern based on a rectangular tile that can be retrieved in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.

Source Firkin

Zig-zag pattern 5 #2414
 Grid  CC 0

A seamless pattern based on a square tile that can be retrieved in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.

Source Firkin

Floral design 100 (version 2, colour) #1772
 Green  CC 0

From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.

Source Firkin

“Transparent” Background Pattern #493
 Light  CC 0

An emulated “transparent” background pattern, like that of all kinds of computer graphics software.

Source AdamStanislav

Green Fibers #91
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

The green fibers pattern will work very well in grayscale as well.

Source Matteo Di Capua

Zodiac pattern (black background) #267
 Dark  CC 0

A seamless pattern formed from a square tile. The tile can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-I. Version with black background.

Source Firkin

Background pattern 273 #2042
 Dark  CC 0

Remixed from a design seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857.

Source Firkin