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Brushed Alum@2X #68
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

A light brushed aluminum pattern for your pleasure.

Source Tim Ward

Black Paper #55
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

Black paper texture, based on two different images.

Source Atle Mo
Based from Design Kindle

Retro Circles Background 8 No Black #437
 Dark  CC 0

Retro Circles Background 8 No Black

Source GDJ

Background pattern 336 (colour 3) #1719
 Blue  CC 0

Formed by distorting the inside front cover of 'Diversæ insectarum volatilium : icones ad vivum accuratissmè depictæ per celeberrimum pictorem', Jacob Hoefnagel, 1630.

Source Firkin

Fabric pattern (colour 4) #2399
 Fabric  CC 0

Alternative colour scheme. Not a pattern for fabrics, but one produced from a jpg of a stack of fabric items that was posted on Pixabay. The tile that this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Prismatic Diamond Background 6 #383
 Diamond  CC 0

Prismatic Diamond Background 6

Source GDJ

Background pattern 208 (colour 2) #2462
 Grid  CC 0

A seamless pattern created from a square tile. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Soft Kill@2X #319
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

Pattern #100! A black classic knit-looking pattern.

Source Factorio.us Collective

Abstract Ellipses Background #275
 Dark  CC 0

Abstract Ellipses Background

Source GDJ

Prismatic Floral Background No Black #475
 Light  CC 0

Prismatic Floral Background No Black

Source GDJ

Checkered Pattern #322
 Grid  CC BY-SA 3.0

Simple gray checkered lines, in light tones.

Source Radosław Rzepecki

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 315 (colour 6) #1840
 Green  CC 0

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

Source Firkin

"Pink Bump Dots", Background Tile #1234
 Pink  CC BY-SA 3.0

A free background tile with a pattern of pink bump dots. This background tile is sweet! Moreover, it's designed for use as website backgrounds.

Source V. Hartikainen

Abstract Tiled Background Extended 10 #521
 Noise  CC 0

Abstract Tiled Background Extended 10

Source GDJ

Electric recharge #163
 Noise  CC 0

Simple turbulence filter rigged in in inkscape.

Source Lazur URH

Seamless Prismatic Pythagorean Line Art Pattern No Background #569
 Light  CC 0

Seamless Prismatic Pythagorean Line Art Pattern No Background. A seamless pattern that includes the original tile (go to Objects / Pattern / Pattern To Objects in Inkscape's menu to extract it).

Source GDJ