Red Gemstone Tiles #1223
Red CC BY-SA 3.0This tiled background comes in red and consists of tiles that look like gemstones. It is more for blogs or social profiles, I think.
Source V. Hartikainen
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Decorative divider 192 #2503
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Worsborough; its historical associations and rural attractions', Joseph Wilkinson, 1879.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 6 No Background #545
Dark CC 0Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 6 No Background
Source GDJ
White Wall@2X #772
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0A huge one at 800x600px. Made from a photo I took going home after work.
Source Atle Mo
Background pattern 224 (colour 6) #2337
Colorful CC 0To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
"Dark Red Canvas", Seamless Web Texture@2X #1222
Red CC BY-SA 3.0A free seamless background image with a texture of dark red "canvas". It should look very nice on web sites.
Source V. Hartikainen
P2 #1107
Light CC BY-SA 3.0A series of 5 patterns. That’s what the P stands for, if you didn’t guess it.
Source Dima Shiper
Simple bump #172
Dark CC 0A 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
Tessellation 10 (variant 1) #2546
Grid CC 0An alternative colour scheme to the original seamless pattern.
Source Firkin
Green and Yellow Lines on White Background #1000
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0A seamless pattern with green and yellow diagonal lines on top of a white dotted background.
Source V. Hartikainen
Little Knobs@2X #311
Light CC BY-SA 3.0White little knobs, coming in at 10x10px. Sweet!
Source Amos
Floral tile 3 #1791
Yellow CC 0From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Smooth Wall@2X #28
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Some rectangles, a bit of dust and grunge, plus a hint of concrete.
Source Atle Mo
Abstract Geometric Monochrome Pattern Prismatic No Background #385
Noise CC 0Abstract Geometric Monochrome Pattern Prismatic No Background
Source GDJ
Pool Table@2X #176
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0This makes me wanna shoot some pool! Sweet green pool table pattern.
Source Caveman
Decorative divider 184 #2589
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Royal Ramsgate', James Simson, 1897.
Source Firkin
Decorative divider #1986
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'Chambéry à la fin du XIVe siècle', Timoleon Chapperon, 1863.
Source Firkin