Cardboard #278
 Paper  CC BY-SA 3.0

A good starting point for a cardboard pattern. This would work well in a variety of colors.

Source Atle Mo

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Colourful bricks pattern (no background) #265
 Noise  CC 0

Original minus the background

Source Firkin

Subtle Striped Brown Background Pattern #940
 Stripes  CC BY-SA 3.0

Here's a brown background pattern with subtle stripes. I hope you'll like the color. If not, feel free to change it using an image editor, if you know how of course. Personally, I'm using GIMP to create these backgrounds.

Source V. Hartikainen

Background pattern 230 #2304
 Yellow  CC 0

To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use 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

Prismatic Geometric Pattern Background #407
 Noise  CC 0

Prismatic Geometric Pattern Background

Source GDJ

Background pattern 270 #2061
 Dark  CC 0

A seamless pattern the unit cell for which can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i

Source Firkin

Background pattern 19 (outline) #204
 Light  CC 0

A seamless pattern the starting point for which was a 'rainbow twist' texture in Paint.net.

Source Firkin

Clover with background #237
 Paper  CC 0

Clover with background for St. Patrick's Day. Add to a card with a doily, ribbon, a leprechaun or other embellishments.

Source BAJ

"Blue Marble", Tileable Background #1027
 Stone  CC BY-SA 3.0

This background image is great for using in web design or graphic design projects. And don't forget to visit the homepage. I frequently update this resource with fresh tileable backgrounds.

Source V. Hartikainen

Background pattern 302 #1894
 Red  CC 0

The tile this fill pattern is based on can be had by using shift+alt+i on the rectangle.

Source Firkin

Background pattern 306 (colour 4) #1877
 Colorful  CC 0

Seamless pattern the tile for which can be had by using shift-alt-I on the selected rectangle in Inkscape.

Source Firkin

Zig-zag pattern 6 #2413
 Grid  CC 0

A seamless pattern based on a square tile that can be retrieved in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.

Source Firkin