Groovepaper #577
 Paper  CC BY-SA 3.0

With a name like this, it has to be hot. Diagonal lines in light shades.

Source Isaac

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Element of beach pattern with background #254
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Element of beach pattern with background.

Source Rones

Background pattern 261 #2076
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Inspired by a pattern found in 'A General History of Hampshire, or the County of Southampton, including the Isle of Wight', Bernard Woodwood, 1861

Source Firkin

Prismatic Polka Dots Mark II 2 No Background@2X #533
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Prismatic Polka Dots Mark II 2 No Background

Source GDJ

Retro Circles Background 8 No Black #437
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Retro Circles Background 8 No Black

Source GDJ

Project Papper #119
 Paper  CC BY-SA 3.0

Light square grid pattern, great for a “DIY projects” sort of website, maybe?

Source Rafael Almeida

Prismatic Geometric Tessellation Pattern 4 No Background #557
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Prismatic Geometric Tessellation Pattern 4 No Background

Source GDJ

Fleurs-de-lys pattern 2 (colour) #2204
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Colour version of the original pattern inspired by the front cover of 'Old and New Paris', Henry Edwards, 1894.

Source Firkin

Colorful Bicycles Background #207
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Pixabay.

Source GDJ

Leafy design 18 (colour)@2XaFloral design 96 (colour) #1787
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From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.

Source Firkin

Seamless Core Pattern 3 #167
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Seamless Core Pattern 3

Source GDJ

Background pattern 215 (colour 4) #2368
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A grid of squares with green colours. Since the colours are randomly distributed it is automatically seamless.

Source Firkin

Dark Denim@2X #30
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

A dark denim looking pattern. 145×145 pixels.

Source Atle Mo

Background pattern 221 #2347
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A seamless pattern formed from a tile made from ornament 22. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Diamond pattern (colour 3) #2283
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From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Prismatic Basic Pattern 2 No Background@2X #448
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Prismatic Basic Pattern 2 No Background

Source GDJ

Pattern generator #161
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A simple example on using clones. You can generate a nice base for a pattern fill quickly with it.

Source Lazur URH

Floral Pattern Background 3 #218
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PDP

Source GDJ