Background pattern 258 (colour) #2134
 Red  CC 0

Remixed from a design on Pixabay. To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.

Source Firkin

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Pattern generator #161
 Noise  CC 0

A simple example on using clones. You can generate a nice base for a pattern fill quickly with it.

Source Lazur URH

Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 4 No Black@2X #443
 Dark  CC 0

Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 4

Source GDJ

Background pattern 266 #2068
 Dark  CC 0

Remixed from a drawing in 'Some account of the Worshipful Company of Ironmongers', John Nicholl, 1866.

Source Firkin

Spirals pattern #1994
 Colorful  CC 0

Uses spirals from Pixabay. To get the basic tile select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i

Source Firkin

Gray Sand #17
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

A dark gray, sandy pattern with small light dots, and some angled strokes.

Source Atle Mo

Fabric pattern 3 (colour 3) #2385
 Fabric  CC 0

Alternative colour scheme. Not a pattern for fabrics, but one produced from a jpg of a stack of fabric items that was posted on Pixabay. The tile that this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Background pattern 8 (black) #209
 Dark  CC 0

Black version of a pattern that came out of playing with the 'light rays' plug-in for Paint.net

Source Firkin

Retro Squares Background 5 #395
 Dark  CC 0

Retro Squares Background 5

Source GDJ

Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background No Black@2X #452
 Noise  CC 0

Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background No Black

Source GDJ

White Texture@2X #132
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

Not the most creative name, but it’s a good all-purpose light background.

Source Dmitry

Tessellation 15 #2223
 Dark  CC 0

The unit cell for this seamless pattern can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin