White Linen #839
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Dead simple but beautiful horizontal line pattern.
Source Fabian Schultz
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Background pattern 201 (colour 3) #2493
Grid CC 0A pattern formed from a squared tile. The tile can be accessed in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Background pattern black #2026
Dark CC 0Remixed 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
Brushed Alum Dark #65
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Because I love dark patterns, here is Brushed Alum in a dark coating.
Source Tim Ward
Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 4 No Black@2X@2X #444
Dark CC 0Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 4
Source GDJ
Decorative divider 246 #2078
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
Wall #1241
Stone CC 0Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Wall #1249
Wall CC 0Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 2 No Background #538
Diamond CC 0Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 2 No Background
Source GDJ
GPlay #735
Light CC BY-SA 3.0A playful triangle pattern with different shades of gray.
Source Dimitrie Hoekstra
Decorative divider 288 #1820
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Navigations de Alouys de Cademoste.-La Navigation du Capitaine Pierre Sintre', Alvise da ca da Mosto, 1895.
Source Firkin
fishnet seamless pattern #2483
Grid CC 0The image is a seamless pattern of a fishnet.
Source Yamachem
Chain background #2063
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'Canadian forest industries July-December', 1915
Source Firkin
Wood Pattern@2X #371
Wood CC BY-SA 3.0One of the few full-color patterns here, but this one was just too good to pass up.
Source Alexey Usoltsev
Leafy pattern 12 #1764
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
Filter pack #150
Noise CC 0Someone 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
Green Striped Background #899
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0If you need a green background for your blog/website, try this one. Remember that Green Striped Background is seamlessly tileable.
Source V. Hartikainen
Real Carbon Fiber@2X #287
Carbon CC BY-SA 3.0Carbon fiber is never out of fashion, so here is one more style for you.
Source Alfred Lee
Light Brown Wallpaper With Vertical Stripes #905
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0This 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
Whitey@2X #110
Light CC BY-SA 3.0A white version of the very popular linen pattern.
Source Ant Ekşiler
Small Steps #1312
Light CC BY-SA 3.0This ons is quite old school looking. Retro, even. I like it.
Source Arno Declercq
Background pattern 207 (colour 2) #2464
Colorful CC 0A seamless pattern created from a square tile. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Ribbon pattern 2 (version 2, colour 5) #2035
Colorful CC 0The tile this is based on can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Diamond pattern 2 (colour 4) #2265
Red CC 0From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Subtle Surface #925
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Super subtle indeed, a medium gray pattern with tiny dots in a grid.
Source Designova
Diamonds Are Forever@2X #184
Diamond CC BY-SA 3.0Sharp diamond pattern. A small 24x18px tile.
Source Tom Neal