Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 5@2X #466
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Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 5

Source GDJ

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Background pattern 236 #2249
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Seamless pattern the basic tile for which can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Paper 1@2X #16
 Paper  CC BY-SA 3.0

A slightly grainy paper pattern with small horizontal and vertical strokes.

Source Atle Mo

Background pattern 7 (grey) #206
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Greyscale version of a pattern that came out of playing with the 'slinky' plug-in for Paint.net

Source Firkin

Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 3 No Background@2X #540
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Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 3 No Background

Source GDJ

Abstract Ellipses Background #275
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Abstract Ellipses Background

Source GDJ

Sine wave background 2 #1734
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The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i

Source Firkin

Background pattern green #2027
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Remixed from a design seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857. The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Green Dust & Scratches #107
 Wall  CC BY-SA 3.0

Snap! It’s a pattern, and it’s not grayscale! Of course you can always change the color in Photoshop.

Source Atle Mo

Colorful Floral Background 3@2X #484
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Colorful Floral Background 3

Source GDJ

Simple bump #172
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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

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

Floral background 2@2X #430
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Background formed from the original with an emboss effect

Source GDJ

"Dark Metal Plate", Web Background #1084
 Metal  CC BY-SA 3.0

A dark metal plate with an embossed grid pattern and a bit of rust. Here's a dark metal plate texture for use as a tiled background on web pages.

Source V. Hartikainen