Background pattern 328 (colour 3) #1799
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To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i

Source Firkin

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Background pattern 8 (colour) #211
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Colour version of a pattern that came out of playing with the 'light rays' plug-in for Paint.net

Source Firkin

ed62's pattern remixed #1728
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The original has been presented as black on transparent and stored in the pattern definitions. To retrieve the unit tile select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i

Source Firkin

Floral design 90 #1815
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From a drawing in 'Hubert Montreuil, or the Huguenot and the Dragoon', Francisca Ouvry, 1873.

Source Firkin

Retro Circles Background 8 No Black #437
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Retro Circles Background 8 No Black

Source GDJ

Cross Stripes@2X #48
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

Nice and simple crossed lines in dark gray tones.

Source Stefan Aleksić

Cross pattern #2333
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A seamless pattern formed from cross 4. To get the original tile select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.

Source Firkin

Mosaic Gems Background@2X #527
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Mosaic Gems Background

Source GDJ

Soft Circle Scales #113
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

Japanese looking fish scale pattern.

Source Ian Soper

Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 5 No Black@2X #468
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Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 5 No Black

Source GDJ

Checkered Light Emboss@2X #281
 Grid  CC BY-SA 3.0

Sort of like the Photoshop transparent background, but better!

Source Alex Parker