Spirals pattern #1994
 Colorful  CC 0

Uses spirals from Pixabay. To get the basic tile select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i

Source Firkin

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Fleurs-de-lys pattern 2 (colour) #2204
 Colorful  CC 0

Colour version of the original pattern inspired by the front cover of 'Old and New Paris', Henry Edwards, 1894.

Source Firkin

Darth Stripe@2X #100
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

Diagonal lines with a lot of texture to them.

Source Ashton

Prismatic Polka Dots Mark II 2 No Background #532
 Noise  CC 0

Prismatic Polka Dots Mark II 2 No Background

Source GDJ

Vintage pattern #1961
 Grid  CC 0

Formed from a tile based on a drawing from 'Viaggi d'un artista nell'America Meridionale', Guido Boggiani, 1895.

Source Firkin

Zig-zag pattern 2 #2417
 Grid  CC 0

A seamless pattern based on a rectangular tile that can be retrieved in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.

Source Firkin

Colorful Floral Pattern Background 8 #230
 Fabric  CC 0

PDP

Source GDJ

Leafy design 18 (colour)@2XaFloral design 96 (colour) #1787
 Green  CC 0

From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.

Source Firkin

Tactile Noise #5
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

A heavy dark gray base, some subtle noise and a 45-degree grid makes this look like a pattern with a tactile feel to it.

Source Atle Mo

Checkered Light Emboss #280
 Grid  CC BY-SA 3.0

Sort of like the Photoshop transparent background, but better!

Source Alex Parker

Floral background 20 #1813
 Red  CC 0

Derived from a drawing in 'Elfrica. An historical romance of the twelfth century', Charlotte Boger, 1885

Source Firkin

Pattern generator #161
 Noise  CC 0

A simple example on using clones. You can generate a nice base for a pattern fill quickly with it.

Source Lazur URH

Background pattern 259 #2133
 Red  CC 0

Remixed from a design seen on Pixabay. The basic tile can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Green Fibers #91
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

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

Source Matteo Di Capua

Diamond pattern 2 (colour 4) #2265
 Red  CC 0

From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Smooth Dark Wall #1266
 Wall  CC 0

Zero CC plastic pattern texture, photographed and made by me. CC0 *Note, this texture was on the perfectly smooth surface of a plastic shovel scraper, not sure how to call it. Plz coment if you know what its called.

Source Sojan Janso

Colorful Floral Pattern Background 3-remix #215
 Noise  CC 0

This is the remix of "Colorful Floral Pattern Background 3" uploaded by "GDJ". Thanks.

Source Yamachem

Subtle Orange Emboss #97
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

A hint of orange color, and some crossed and embossed lines.

Source Adam Anlauf

Light Brown Wallpaper With Vertical Stripes #905
 Stripes  CC BY-SA 3.0

This seamless light brown background texture resembles a wallpaper with vertical stripes. One way to use it is as a tiled background on web sites.

Source V. Hartikainen