White Texture@2X #132
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

Not the most creative name, but it’s a good all-purpose light background.

Source Dmitry

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Gray Sand@2X #18
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

A dark gray, sandy pattern with small light dots, and some angled strokes.

Source Atle Mo

Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 4 #461
 Noise  CC 0

Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 4

Source GDJ

Light Honeycomb@2X #60
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

Light honeycomb pattern made up of the classic hexagon shape.

Source Federica Pelzel

Seamless Prismatic Pythagorean Line Art Pattern No Background@2X #570
 Light  CC 0

Seamless Prismatic Pythagorean Line Art Pattern No Background. A seamless pattern that includes the original tile (go to Objects / Pattern / Pattern To Objects in Inkscape's menu to extract it).

Source GDJ

Prismatic Hypnotic Pattern 2 No Background@2X #574
 Noise  CC 0

Prismatic Hypnotic Pattern 2 No Background

Source GDJ

Background pattern 267 #2067
 Dark  CC 0

Remixed from a drawing in 'An Index to Deering's Nottinghamia Vetus et Nova', Rupert Chicken, 1899. The unit tile can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i

Source Firkin

Colourful bricks pattern (no background) #265
 Noise  CC 0

Original minus the background

Source Firkin

Repeating Website Background (Blue Gray) #1192
 Concrete  CC BY-SA 3.0

The following repeating website background is colored in a blue gray color and resembles a concrete wall or something similar to it.

Source V. Hartikainen

Prismatic Arrows Background 2 #393
 Light  CC 0

Prismatic Arrows Background 2

Source GDJ

Zodiac pattern (black background) #267
 Dark  CC 0

A seamless pattern formed from a square tile. The tile can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-I. Version with black background.

Source Firkin

Background pattern 201 #2501
 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