White Texture #131
 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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Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 5 No Background #543
 Diamond  CC 0

Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 5 No Background

Source GDJ

Checkered Pattern@2X #323
 Grid  CC BY-SA 3.0

Simple gray checkered lines, in light tones.

Source Radosław Rzepecki

Background pattern 336 #1721
 Pink  CC 0

Formed by distorting the inside front cover of 'Diversæ insectarum volatilium : icones ad vivum accuratissmè depictæ per celeberrimum pictorem', Jacob Hoefnagel, 1630.

Source Firkin

Broken Noise@2X #365
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

Beautiful dark noise pattern with some dust and grunge.

Source Vincent Klaiber

Background pattern 254 (colour) #2143
 Colorful  CC 0

To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.

Source Firkin

Background pattern 230 (colour 3) #2303
 Green  CC 0

To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.

Source Firkin

Background pattern 214 (colour 4) #2373
 Yellow  CC 0

A 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

Background pattern 258 #2135
 Dark  CC 0

Remixed from a design on Pixabay. To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.

Source Firkin

MBossed@2X #194
 Grid  CC BY-SA 3.0

Embossed lines and squares with subtle highlights.

Source Alex Parker

Random Grey Variations@2X #70
 Stripes  CC BY-SA 3.0

Stefan is hard at work, this time with a funky pattern of squares.

Source Stefan Aleksić

Psychedelic Geometric Background #381
 Noise  CC 0

Psychedelic Geometric Background.

Source GDJ

Background pattern 315 (colour 4) #1842
 Colorful  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

Abstract Tiled Background Extended 8 #519
 Noise  CC 0

Abstract Tiled Background Extended 8

Source GDJ

Background pattern 223 #2353
 Red  CC 0

Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.

Source Firkin