Retro Squares Background 5 #395
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Retro Squares Background 5

Source GDJ

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Silver Scales #189
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

Turn your site into a dragon with this great scale pattern.

Source Alex Parker

Prismatic Chevrons Pattern 5 With Background #469
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Prismatic Chevrons Pattern 5 With Background

Source GDJ

Prismatic Abstract Background Design No Black #404
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Prismatic Abstract Background Design No Black

Source GDJ

Green Fibers@2X #92
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

The green fibers pattern will work very well in grayscale as well.

Source Matteo Di Capua

Rocky Wall #41
 Wall  CC BY-SA 3.0

High detail stone wall with minor cracks and specks.

Source Projecteightyfive

Part of Bayeux Tapestry 6 #2444
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From a drawing in 'Les Chroniqueurs de l'Histoire de France depuis les origines jusqu'au XVIe siècle', Henriette Witt, 1884.

Source Firkin

Graphene pattern 1 #2235
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Different from the original in being a simple tile stored as a pattern definition, rather than numerous repeated objects. Hence easy and quick to give this pattern to objects of different shapes. To get the tile in Inkscape, select the rectangle and use shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Bright Multicolored Floral Background #559
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Bright Multicolored Floral Background by Karen Arnold from PDP.

Source GDJ

Brown Metallic Grid Pattern #1086
 Metal  CC BY-SA 3.0

A brown metallic grid pattern layered on top of a dark fabric texture. It should look great when using as a tiled background on web pages, especially blogs.

Source V. Hartikainen

Filter pack #150
 Noise  CC 0

Someone was asking about how to achieve a fur pattern at #inkscape irc so tried to make a filter on it. Flood filled fractal noises rigged together. May someone find a good use for these.

Source Lazur URH

"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 pattern 201 (colour 4) #2494
 Grid  CC 0

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

Source Firkin

Abstract Stars Geometric Pattern Prismatic No Background #384
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Abstract Stars Geometric Pattern Prismatic No Background

Source GDJ