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

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Dark Brown Wood Background (Tile-able) #886
 Wood  CC BY-SA 3.0

Tile-able Dark Brown Wood Background. Feel free to use it as a background image in your designs or somewhere on the web. By the way, the color seems to be close to Coffee Brown.

Source V. Hartikainen

Darth Stripe@2X #100
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

Diagonal lines with a lot of texture to them.

Source Ashton

Candyhole@2X #357
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

It’s a hole, in a pattern. On your website. Dig it!

Source Josh Green

Prismatic Dots Background 5@2X #510
 Noise  CC 0

Prismatic Dots Background 5

Source GDJ

Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 4 No Black@2X #442
 Dark  CC 0

Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 4 No Black

Source GDJ

Cross Stripes@2X #48
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

Nice and simple crossed lines in dark gray tones.

Source Stefan Aleksić

Star pattern #2410
 Brown  CC 0

A seamless pattern formed from a rectangular tile. The tile can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.

Source Firkin

"Glossy Pink Fur", Pink Background Pattern #1235
 Pink  CC BY-SA 3.0

Here's a quite bright pink background pattern for use on websites. It doesn't look like a real fur, but it definitely resembles one.

Source V. Hartikainen

Background cubic #238
 Dark  CC 0

Fondo en falsa perpectiva

Source Roshellin

Decorative divider 192 #2503
 Dark  CC 0

From a drawing in 'Worsborough; its historical associations and rural attractions', Joseph Wilkinson, 1879.

Source Firkin

Decorative divider 221 #2224
 Dark  CC 0

Remixed from a drawing in 'Maidenhood; or, the Verge of the Stream', Laura Jewry, 1876.

Source Firkin

Colorful Geometric Pattern Background #231
 Noise  CC 0

PDP

Source GDJ

Prismatic Floral Background No Black@2X #476
 Light  CC 0

Prismatic Floral Background No Black

Source GDJ

Background pattern 309 (colour 2) #1865
 Blue  CC 0

Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.

Source Firkin

Subtle Striped Brown Background Pattern #940
 Stripes  CC BY-SA 3.0

Here's a brown background pattern with subtle stripes. I hope you'll like the color. If not, feel free to change it using an image editor, if you know how of course. Personally, I'm using GIMP to create these backgrounds.

Source V. Hartikainen