Smooth Wall@2X #28
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

Some rectangles, a bit of dust and grunge, plus a hint of concrete.

Source Atle Mo

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Floral Pattern Background 3 #218
 Noise  CC 0

PDP

Source GDJ

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

Seamless Cardboard Texture #1212
 Cardboard  CC BY-SA 3.0

A free background image with a seamless texture of cardboard. This texture of cardboard looks quite realistic, especially when is actually tiled.

Source V. Hartikainen

Double Lined #51
 Stripes  CC BY-SA 3.0

Horizontal and vertical lines on a light gray background.

Source Adam Anlauf

Simple bump #172
 Dark  CC 0

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

Background pattern 9 (greyscale) #213
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

Greyscale version of a pattern that came out of playing with the 'light rays' plug-in for Paint.net

Source Firkin

Background pattern 252 (colour 3) #2160
 Green  CC 0

Recreated 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

Abstract Tiled Background Extended 8 #519
 Noise  CC 0

Abstract Tiled Background Extended 8

Source GDJ

Background pattern 18 #202
 Dark  CC 0

A seamless pattern the starting point for which was a 'colour modulo' texture in Paint.net.

Source Firkin

Background pattern 315 #1845
 Blue  CC 0

The rectangular tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i

Source Firkin

Retro Squares Background 6 #396
 Noise  CC 0

Retro Squares Background 6

Source GDJ