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Handmade Paper #37
 Paper  CC BY-SA 3.0

White handmade paper pattern with small bumps.

Source Marquis

Paisley Background #495
 Light  CC 0

Paisley Background

Source GDJ

Colorful Floral Background 2 #487
 Dark  CC 0

Colorful Floral Background 2

Source GDJ

Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 5 #465
 Dark  CC 0

Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 5

Source GDJ

Paisley Background@2X #496
 Light  CC 0

Paisley Background

Source GDJ

Pattern generator #161
 Noise  CC 0

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

Source Lazur URH

Cubes@2X #134
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

This reminds me of Game Cube. A nice light 3D cube pattern.

Source Sander Ottens

Background pattern 239 #2218
 Dark  CC 0

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

Source Firkin

Washi@2X #289
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

Washi (和紙?) is a type of paper made in Japan. Here’s the pattern for you!

Source Carolynne

Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 4 #271
 Noise  CC 0

Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 4

Source GDJ

Rocky Wall@2X #42
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

High detail stone wall with minor cracks and specks.

Source Projecteightyfive

Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 2@2X #454
 Noise  CC 0

Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 2

Source GDJ

Old Wall #346
 Wall  CC BY-SA 3.0

Old concrete wall in light shades.

Source Bartosz Kaszubowski

Background pattern 339 (colour 2) #1707
 Green  CC 0

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

Source Firkin

Vintage tile background #2248
 Brown  CC 0

A background formed from an image of an old tile on the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art website. To get the base tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.

Source Firkin

Paven@2X #297
 Grid  CC BY-SA 3.0

A subtle shadowed checkered pattern. Increase the lightness for even more subtle sexiness.

Source Josh Green