MeshBasicMaterial color shades texture map three.js

I am working with a MeshBasicMaterial that I have applied a color to.

var material = new THREE.MeshBasicMaterial({color: myColor});

      

        
        
        
      

    

at some point i need to add texture to the material

material.map = new THREE.ImageUtils.loadTexture(...);

      

        
        
        
      

    

this works great, but the color of the material colors the texture.

I realize that I can change the color of the material to white to remove this tint, but I can't find a way to remove the color of the material or change the way the colors and textures are mixed - is this possible? I try to avoid creating new material and replace it if possible.

demonstrated in examples by Lee Stemkoski - change the map to "grass" and then change the color of the material

http://threejs.org/docs/scenes/material-browser.html#MeshBasicMaterial