A large pattern with funky shapes and form. An original. Sort of origami-ish.
Source Luuk van Baars
A good starting point for a cardboard pattern. This would work well in a variety of colors.
Source Atle Mo
The basic shapes never get old. Simple triangle pattern.
Source Atle Mo
A seamless stone-like background for blogs or any other type of websites.
Source V. Hartikainen
Adapted from a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
Black version of a pattern that came out of playing with the 'light rays' plug-in for Paint.net
Source Firkin
This is sort of fresh, but still feels a bit old school.
Source Martuchox
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background
Source GDJ
An alternative colour scheme for the original background.
Source Firkin
More Japanese-inspired patterns, Gold Scales this time.
Source Josh Green
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 5
Source GDJ
A simple bump filter made upon request at irc #inkscape at freenode. Made a screen capture of the making here: https://youtu.be/TGAWYKVLxQw
Source Lazur URH
Colour version of the original pattern.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a design seen on Pixabay. The basic tile can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
High detail stone wall with minor cracks and specks.
Source Projecteightyfive
Dark, square, clean and tidy. What more can you ask for?
Source Jaromír Kavan
Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be extracted by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Redrawn based on a drawing in 'По Сѣверо-Западу Россіи' Konstantin Sluchevsky, 1897.
Source Firkin
Super subtle indeed, a medium gray pattern with tiny dots in a grid.
Source Designova
A free light orange brown wallpaper with vertical stripes designed for use as a tiled background on websites. An yet another background pattern with vertical stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen