Background pattern 291 #1931
Dark CC 0To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
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Gray Sand #17
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0A dark gray, sandy pattern with small light dots, and some angled strokes.
Source Atle Mo
Cardboard@2X #279
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0A good starting point for a cardboard pattern. This would work well in a variety of colors.
Source Atle Mo
Pool Table #175
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0This makes me wanna shoot some pool! Sweet green pool table pattern.
Source Caveman
Ravenna #354
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0I guess this is inspired by the city of Ravenna in Italy and its stone walls.
Source Sentel
Diamond pattern (colour 9) #2269
Fabric CC 0From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Embossed Paper #731
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0One more from Badhon, sharp horizontal lines making an embossed paper feeling.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
Leafy pattern grass and green #1966
Green CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'Jezebel's Daughter', Wilkie Collins 1880
Source Firkin
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 2 #453
Noise CC 0Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 2
Source GDJ
Seamless Green Curtain Background #1333
Green CC BY-SA 3.0A free seamless background image with abstract texture of green "curtain".
Source V. Hartikainen
Tactile Noise@2X #6
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0A heavy dark gray base, some subtle noise and a 45-degree grid makes this look like a pattern with a tactile feel to it.
Source Atle Mo
Background pattern 202 #2491
Brown CC 0Based 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
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 4 No Background #541
Diamond CC 0Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 4 No Background
Source GDJ
Connected #348
Light CC BY-SA 3.0White circles connecting on a light gray background.
Source Mark Collins
Dark Embroidery #1340
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0A classic dark tile for a bit of vintage darkness.
Source Listvetra
Leafy pattern 7 #1828
Dark CC 0Remixed from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by CatherineClennan
Source Firkin
Easter egg 1 #159
Light CC 0One week and it's Easter already. Thought I would revisit the decorated egg contest at inkscape community: http://forum.inkscapecommunity.com/index.php?topic=118.0
Source Lazur URH
Otis Redding@2X #1005
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Otis Ray Redding was an American soul singer-songwriter, record producer, arranger, and talent scout. So you know.
Source Thomas Myrman
Pinstriped Suit #665
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Just like your old suit, all striped and smooth.
Source Alex Berkowitz
Light Paper Fibers@2X #836
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0More in the paper realm, this time with fibers.
Source Jorge Fuentes
Hexagonal pattern #2379
Dark CC 0A seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Triangular Background Design Mark II 5 #406
Dark CC 0Prismatic Triangular Background Design Mark II 5
Source GDJ
Subtle White Feathers@2X #1104
Light CC BY-SA 3.0This one is amazing, truly original. Go use it!
Source Viahorizon
Zig-zag pattern 4 #2415
Grid CC 0A seamless pattern based on a rectangular tile that can be retrieved in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Seamless Prismatic Pythagorean Line Art Pattern No Background@2X #570
Light CC 0Seamless Prismatic Pythagorean Line Art Pattern No Background. A seamless pattern that includes the original tile (go to Objects / Pattern / Pattern To Objects in Inkscape's menu to extract it).
Source GDJ