Grunge Wall #81
 Wall  CC BY-SA 3.0

Light gray grunge wall with a nice texture overlay.

Source Adam Anlauf

 More Textures
Vintage tile background (colour 2) #2247
 Pink  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

Retina Wood@2X #924
 Wood  CC BY-SA 3.0

I’m not going to use the word Retina for all the new patterns, but it just felt right for this one. Huge wood pattern for ya’ll.

Source Atle Mo

Background pattern 3 #222
 Noise  CC 0

A pattern derived from repeating unit cells each derived from part of a fractal rendering in paint.net.

Source Firkin

Abstract Tiled Background Extended 6 #517
 Noise  CC 0

Abstract Tiled Background Extended 6

Source GDJ

Dark Denim@2X #373
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

Thin lines, noise and texture creates this crisp dark denim pattern.

Source Marco Slooten

Brushed Alum Dark@2X #66
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

Because I love dark patterns, here is Brushed Alum in a dark coating.

Source Tim Ward

White Texture #131
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

Not the most creative name, but it’s a good all-purpose light background.

Source Dmitry

Filter pack #150
 Noise  CC 0

Someone was asking about how to achieve a fur pattern at #inkscape irc so tried to make a filter on it. Flood filled fractal noises rigged together. May someone find a good use for these.

Source Lazur URH

Background pattern 223 (colour 2) #2352
 Blue  CC 0

Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.

Source Firkin

Floral design 100 (version 2, colour) #1772
 Green  CC 0

From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.

Source Firkin

Groovepaper@2X #578
 Paper  CC BY-SA 3.0

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

Source Isaac

Vintage Elegant Floral Background #257
 Fabric  CC 0

PDP

Source GDJ