Bright Squares #87
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

It’s okay to be square! A nice light gray pattern with random squares.

Source Waseem Dahman

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

Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background No Black

Source GDJ

Simple bump #172
 Dark  CC 0

A simple bump filter made upon request at irc #inkscape at freenode. Made a screen capture of the making here: https://youtu.be/TGAWYKVLxQw

Source Lazur URH

Paven@2X #297
 Grid  CC BY-SA 3.0

A subtle shadowed checkered pattern. Increase the lightness for even more subtle sexiness.

Source Josh Green

"Black Chains", Gloomy Background #1082
 Metal  CC BY-SA 3.0

A repeating gloomy background image. This one consists of a pattern of black chains layered on top of a dark textured background.

Source V. Hartikainen

Flowery pattern 4 #2328
 Colorful  CC 0

Remixed from a vector adapted from a jpg on Pixabay. The tile this is constructed from can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.

Source Firkin

Retro Circles Background 7 #431
 Unknow  CC 0

Retro Circles Background 7

Source GDJ

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

Background pattern 195 #2587
 Grid  CC 0

Inspired by a pattern I saw in a 19th century book. This seamless pattern was created from a square tile. To get the tile, select the pattern in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Prismatic Snowflakes Pattern No Background #411
 Light  CC 0

Prismatic Snowflakes Pattern No Background

Source GDJ

Background pattern 208 (colour 2) #2462
 Grid  CC 0

A seamless pattern created from a square tile. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Patchwork Quilt Pattern Background #228
 Noise  CC 0

PDP

Source GDJ

Fake Brick #358
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

Black, simple, elegant, and useful.

Source Marat

Tessellation 16 (colour 3) #2213
 Green  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

Background pattern 202 (colour 2) #2489
 Green  CC 0

Based 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

Colorful Geometric Pattern Background #231
 Noise  CC 0

PDP

Source GDJ

Project Papper #119
 Paper  CC BY-SA 3.0

Light square grid pattern, great for a “DIY projects” sort of website, maybe?

Source Rafael Almeida

Prismatic Abstract Background Design #403
 Noise  CC 0

Prismatic Abstract Background Design

Source GDJ