Background pattern 264 #2071
 Orange  CC 0

The tile for this is based on a repeating unit close to a design on Pixabay. It can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.

Source Firkin

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Background pattern 249 #2179
 Blue  CC 0

To get the tile this is made up from select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

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

seigaiha subtle color #2278
 Pink  CC 0

This is a remix of "blue wave-seigaiha".I hope this subtle color version of Seigaiha would be suitable for background .

Source Yamachem

Paisley Background #495
 Light  CC 0

Paisley Background

Source GDJ

Background pattern 24 #198
 Dark  CC 0

The starting point for this was a texture drawn with the 'Radial Colors' plug-in in Paint.net.

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

Background pattern 225 (colour 3) #2325
 Pink  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

Green Fibers@2X #92
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

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

Source Matteo Di Capua

Background pattern 225 (colour 4) #2324
 Green  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

Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 4 No Background@2X #542
 Diamond  CC 0

Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 4 No Background

Source GDJ

Double Lined #51
 Stripes  CC BY-SA 3.0

Horizontal and vertical lines on a light gray background.

Source Adam Anlauf