Checkered Light Emboss #280
Grid CC BY-SA 3.0Sort of like the Photoshop transparent background, but better!
Source Alex Parker
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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
Decorative divider 290 #1817
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Cassell's Library of English Literature', Henry Morley, 1883.
Source Firkin
Floral pattern 11 #1770
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Decorative divider 280 #1875
Blue CC 0From a drawing in 'Artists and Arabs', Henry Blackburn, 1868
Source Firkin
Tex2res3@2X #724
Fabric CC BY-SA 3.0Number 4 in a series of 5 beautiful patterns. Can be found in colors on the submitter’s website.
Source Janos Koos
MBossed #193
Grid CC BY-SA 3.0Embossed lines and squares with subtle highlights.
Source Alex Parker
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
regular hexagon pattern #2541
Grid CC 0The image depicts a pattern of regular hexagon.As I made to use it for myself,I want to others to use it.Speaking about the ratio of the image, height : width = 2 : √3(1.732...)Ridiculous to say,I realized later that this image is not honey comb pattern.I have to slide the second row.
Source Yamachem
Brushed Alum@2X #68
Light CC BY-SA 3.0A light brushed aluminum pattern for your pleasure.
Source Tim Ward
Background Patterns - Ebony #249
Fabric CC 0If you want png files of this u can download them here : viscious-speed.deviantart.com/gallery/27635117
Source Viscious-Speed
stone filter pack #154
Stone CC 0This pack of filters can help you adding a blocky overlay to objects. May come handy at drawing blocks of stone.
Source Lazur URH
Orange Striped Background Pattern #909
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0An orange vertically striped background pattern. Feel free to download and use this orange background pattern, for example, on the web). It resembles a wallpaper with vertical stripes or something similar to it.
Source V. Hartikainen
Tex2res5 #725
Fabric CC BY-SA 3.0Number 5 in a series of 5 beautiful patterns. Can be found in colors on the submitter’s website.
Source Janos Koos
Flower Trail@2X #742
Noise CC BY-SA 3.0Sharp pixel pattern, just like the good old days.
Source Paridhi
Chipboard 2 #2579
Wood CC 0A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
The Black Mamba@2X #770
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Super dark, crisp and detailed. And a Kill Bill reference.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
Zig-zag pattern 6 #2413
Grid CC 0A seamless pattern based on a square tile that can be retrieved in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Use Your Illusion #917
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0A dark one with geometric shapes and dotted lines.
Source Mohawk Studios
Dark Well #1259
Wall CC 0Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Cream Pixels@2X #1145
Light CC BY-SA 3.0If you don’t like cream and pixels, you’re in the wrong place.
Source Mizanur Rahman
Subtle Orange Emboss@2X #98
Light CC BY-SA 3.0A hint of orange color, and some crossed and embossed lines.
Source Adam Anlauf
Prismatic Polka Dots 3 No Background #528
Noise CC 0Prismatic Polka Dots 3 No Background
Source GDJ
Textured Stripes #867
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0A lovely light gray pattern with stripes and a dash of noise.
Source V. Hartikainen
Textured Paper Background (Vanilla Yellow) #1219
Yellow CC BY-SA 3.0Here's a new paper-like background for free use on personal and commercial projects (this applies to all background patterns here).
Source V. Hartikainen
Prismatic Polyskelion Pattern No Background #394
Light CC 0Prismatic Polyskelion Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
White Well & Star #1700
Wall CC 0Background Wall, Art Abstract, Star Well & CC0 texture.
Source Ractapopulous