Paven #296
Grid CC BY-SA 3.0A subtle shadowed checkered pattern. Increase the lightness for even more subtle sexiness.
Source Josh Green
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Abstract Ellipses Background Grayscale #814
Dark CC 0Abstract Ellipses Background Grayscale
Source GDJ
Background pattern 18 #202
Dark CC 0A seamless pattern the starting point for which was a 'colour modulo' texture in Paint.net.
Source Firkin
Office #957
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0I guess this one is inspired by an office. A dark office.
Source Andrés Rigo.
Background pattern 203 (colour 2) #2485
Green CC 0A seamless pattern formed from a square tile. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Fabric pattern 2 #2396
Fabric CC 0Not a pattern for fabrics, but one produced from a jpg of a stack of fabric items that was posted on Pixabay. The tile that this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Tessellation 11 (variant 2) #2539
Grid CC 0The original enhanced with some gradients.
Source Firkin
Congruent Pentagon Outline #1308
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0By popular request, an outline version of the pentagon pattern.
Source Atle Mo
Fence 9 (colour 2) #2194
Wood CC 0A browner version of the original weathered fence texture.
Source Firkin
Wide Rectangles@2X #700
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0Simple wide squares with a small indent. Fits all.
Source Petr Šulc.
Tex2res4 #717
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Number 1 in a series of 5 beautiful patterns. Can be found in colors on the submitter’s website.
Source Janos Koos
60º lines@2X #26
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Never out of fashion and so much hotter than the 45º everyone knows, here is a sweet 60º line pattern.
Source Atle Mo
Paper #657
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0Nicely crafted paper pattern, although a bit on the large side (500x593px).
Source Blaq Annabiosis
Background pattern 240 #2209
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'A Girl in Ten Thousand', Elizabeth Meade, 1896.
Source Firkin
Mooning #1140
Gray CC BY-SA 3.0The classic subtle pattern. Sort of wall/brick looking. Or moon-looking?
Source Joel Klein
Use Your Illusion@2X #918
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0A dark one with geometric shapes and dotted lines.
Source Mohawk Studios
Micro Carbon@2X #8
Carbon CC BY-SA 3.0Three shades of gray makes this pattern look like a small carbon fiber surface. Great readability even for small fonts.
Source Atle Mo
stone filter pack #154
Stone CC 0This pack of filters can help you adding a blocky overlay to objects. May come handy at drawing blocks of stone.
Source Lazur URH
Interlocking pattern 3 (colour 2) #2405
Grid CC 0A seamless pattern formed from a square tile. The tile can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-I.
Source Firkin
Fabric pattern 3 (colour 2) #2386
Fabric CC 0Alternative colour scheme. Not a pattern for fabrics, but one produced from a jpg of a stack of fabric items that was posted on Pixabay. The tile that this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 315 #1845
Blue CC 0The rectangular tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Background pattern 308 (colour 5) #1869
Blue CC 0Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 252 (colour 6) #2157
Light CC 0Recreated from a pattern found in 'Az Osztrák-Magyar Monarchia irásban és képben', 1882. To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin