Checkered Light Emboss #280
 Grid  CC BY-SA 3.0

Sort of like the Photoshop transparent background, but better!

Source Alex Parker

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Prismatic Hexagonalist Pattern No Background #390
 Light  CC 0

Prismatic Hexagonalist Pattern No Background

Source GDJ

Background pattern 308 (colour 2) #1871
 Green  CC 0

Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.

Source Firkin

Tessellation 15 #2223
 Dark  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 259 (colour 6) #2097
 Blue  CC 0

Remixed from a design seen on Pixabay. The basic tile can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i

Source Firkin

Snowflake remix #155
 Dark  CC 0

A bit simplified version. Although it could be edited out to be simpler. Anyway, this time the tiling is converted to a pattern fill -which is using clipping for the tile's edges.

Source Lazur URH

Background pattern 290 #1932
 Dark  CC 0

To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 4@2X #462
 Noise  CC 0

Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 4

Source GDJ

Sine wave background 2 #1734
 Dark  CC 0

The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i

Source Firkin

Background pattern 257 (colour) #2136
 Green  CC 0

Remixed from a design on Pixabay. To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.

Source Firkin

"Gold Buttons", Pale Yellow BG Pattern #1215
 Yellow  CC BY-SA 3.0

This yellow background consists of a pattern of glossy gold buttons arranged in polka dot style on a seamless texture. Here's a pale yellow background pattern. Feel free to use it for your needs!

Source V. Hartikainen

Background pattern 289 (colour 2) #1936
 Red  CC 0

To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Background pattern 277 #2029
 Dark  CC 0

A background pattern inspired by designs seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857.

Source Firkin