Just to prove my point, here is a slightly modified dark version.
Source Atle Mo
Remixed from a drawing in 'Paul's Sister', Frances Peard, 1889.
Source Firkin
The name Paisley reminds me of an old British servant. That’s just me.
Source Swetha
A seamless pattern formed from a square tile. The tile can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Smooth Polaroid pattern with a light blue tint.
Source Daniel Beaton
Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 4 No Black
Source GDJ
A background pattern inspired by designs seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857.
Source Firkin
Pass parameters to the URL or edit the source code variables to configure the graph paper for the division desired.
Source JayNick
Prismatic Rounded Squares Grid 3 No Background
Source GDJ
Prismatic Rounded Squares Grid 4 No Background
Source GDJ
A light background pattern with diagonal stripes. Here's a simple light striped background for you.
Source V. Hartikainen
A seamless pattern drawn originally in Paint.net by distorting a slice of background pattern 116 and copying the resulting triangle numerous times.
Source Firkin
Did some testing with Repper Pro tonight, and this gray mid-tone pattern came out.
Source Atle Mo
One of the few full-color patterns here, but this one was just too good to pass up.
Source Alexey Usoltsev
Small dots with minor circles spread across to form a nice mosaic.
Source John Burks
Redrawn based on a drawing in 'По Сѣверо-Западу Россіи' Konstantin Sluchevsky, 1897.
Source Firkin
A chequerboard pattern with a fruit theme. The fruits are from a posting by inkscapeforum.it.
Source Firkin
I’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
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A pattern formed from a squared tile. The tile can be accessed in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Seamless , tileable CC-0 texture. Created by my own, feel free to use wherever you want!
Source Linolafett
Prismatic Floral Background No Black
Source GDJ