White Texture@2X #132
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Not the most creative name, but it’s a good all-purpose light background.
Source Dmitry
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Background pattern 214 (colour 4) #2373
Yellow CC 0A seamless chequerboard pattern formed from a tile that can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i. Alternative colour scheme.
Source Firkin
Lined Paper@2X #1035
Light CC BY-SA 3.0I know there is one here already, but this is sexy!
Source Gjermund Gustavsen
Prismatic Hexagonalist Pattern No Background@2X #804
Light CC 0Prismatic Hexagonalist Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
Skeletal Weave #931
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Imagine you zoomed in 1000X on some fabric. But then it turned out to be a skeleton!
Source Angelica
Bird pattern (colour 2) #2292
Green CC 0Utilising a bird from s-light and some flowers from Almeidah. To get the unit tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Seamless Prismatic Pythagorean Line Art Pattern No Background@2X #570
Light CC 0Seamless 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
Background pattern 328 #1801
Yellow CC 0To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i
Source Firkin
Contemporary China 2 #1338
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Old China with a modern twist, take two.
Source Adam Charlts
Colorful Floral Background 3 No Black #485
Light CC 0Colorful Floral Background 3 No Black
Source GDJ
Green Background With Leaves #1331
Green CC BY-SA 3.0It looks very nice I think.
Source V. Hartikainen
Tasky@2X #668
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Your eyes can trip a bit from looking at this – use it wisely.
Source Michal Chovanec
Background pattern #1977
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 2@2X #454
Noise CC 0Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 2
Source GDJ
Floral pattern 10 #1771
Yellow CC 0From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Tree Bark #1182
Light CC BY-SA 3.0This one is something special. I’d call it a flat pattern, too. Very well done, sir!
Source GetDiscount
Prismatic Geometric Tessellation Pattern 3 No Background #555
Noise CC 0Prismatic Geometric Tessellation Pattern 3 No Background
Source GDJ
Dark Wood #320
Wood CC BY-SA 3.0A beautiful dark wood pattern, superbly tiled.
Source Omar Alvarado