Hey gharryh-
Since the texture is black, you won't be able to colorize it directly, so what you can do is first plug the texture into the Source of a Color Composite node, and set the Background to your desired base color. Set the blend mode to Screen. Then, plug the Color Composite node into the Color of a Color Adjust node, with which you can tweak the Hue, Saturation, Value, and Contrast.
Eric
Since the texture is black, you won't be able to colorize it directly, so what you can do is first plug the texture into the Source of a Color Composite node, and set the Background to your desired base color. Set the blend mode to Screen. Then, plug the Color Composite node into the Color of a Color Adjust node, with which you can tweak the Hue, Saturation, Value, and Contrast.
Eric
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