I tried a simplified texture on a ball, to see if it works better compared to my character model. I applied what you told me to, but i fear it didn't work as intended. I'm posting an image to show how it looks with texture only, with black diffuse color and with white diffuse color. You can see the pattern underneath, but the hair itself doesn't show the same pattern.

any ideas ? btw. searched for your name, but couldn't find any of your posts older than 13rd feb. which doesn't include any type of tutorial :/

appreciating your help btw. ! ^^'