Brilliant #753
Light CC BY-SA 3.0This is so subtle you need to bring your magnifier!
Source Carlos Valdez
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Background pattern 214 (colour 4) #2373
Yellow CC 0A seamless chequerboard pattern formed from a tile that can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i. Alternative colour scheme.
Source Firkin
Satin Weave@2X #1045
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Super simple but very nice indeed. Gray with vertical stripes.
Source Merrin Macleod
Prismatic Snowflakes Pattern No Background@2X #783
Light CC 0Prismatic Snowflakes Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
Gloomy Stripes #994
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0A dark striped seamless pattern suitable for use as a background on websites.
Source V. Hartikainen
Prismatic Isometric Cube Wireframe Pattern No Background #499
Light CC 0Prismatic Isometric Cube Wireframe Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
Simple bump #172
Dark CC 0A 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
Norwegian Rose #857
Light CC BY-SA 3.0I’m not going to lie – if you submit something with the words Norwegian and Rose in it, it’s likely I’ll publish it.
Source Fredrik Scheide
Wavy background #2023
Pink CC 0CC0 and a seamless pattern from a tile drawn in Paint.net .
Source SliverKnight
Crow and bird pattern #1965
Dark CC 0CC0 remixed from a drawing. Walter Crane, 1914, Firkin.
Source SliverKnight
Lined Paper@2X #1035
Light CC BY-SA 3.0I know there is one here already, but this is sexy!
Source Gjermund Gustavsen
Background pattern #1977
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 19 (outline) #204
Light CC 0A seamless pattern the starting point for which was a 'rainbow twist' texture in Paint.net.
Source Firkin
Black Metal Pipes #1089
Metal CC BY-SA 3.0An abstract texture of black metal pipes (seamless).
Source V. Hartikainen
Background pattern 272 (colour 2) #2056
Pink CC 0A seamless pattern the unit cell for which can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
flower seamless pattern #2272
Brown CC 0This is a seamless pattern which is derived from a flower petal image.
Source Yamachem
Straws@2X #973
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Super detailed 16×16 tile that forms a beautiful pattern of straws.
Source Pavel
Tex2res2 #719
Fabric CC BY-SA 3.0Number 2 in a series of 5 beautiful patterns. Can be found in colors on the submitter’s website.
Source Janos Koos
Tessellation 14 variant 1 #2530
Grid CC 0A seamless pattern formed from a modified version of rwwgub's tile. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
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
Vichy@2X #72
Light CC BY-SA 3.0This one could be the shirt of a golf player. Angled lines in different thicknesses.
Source Olivier Pineda
Decorative divider 244 #2080
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
Seamless Marble Like Texture (Light Blue) #1033
Stone CC BY-SA 3.0A seamless marble-like texture colored in light blue.
Source V. Hartikainen
P5@2X #1114
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Number five from the same submitter, makes my job easy.
Source Dima Shiper
Cardboard Flat@2X #962
Gray CC BY-SA 3.0Not a flat you live inside, like in the UK – but a flat piece of cardboard.
Source Appleshadow
Prismatic Chevrons Pattern 5 With Background #469
Dark CC 0Prismatic Chevrons Pattern 5 With Background
Source GDJ