Bowling Pin looks like it has texture applied (but it hasn't)

[TheShihan]

I’m following allong with lection 49 and noticed (even before applying the materials) that my pin appears as if it has a texture already applied. It looks to me as if the reference image has been somehow used on the object mesh.

But, I didn’t do it. And if I check if it has any textures, there are none:

(image also shows the materials applied, but you notice that there are other “things” on the object)

The pin also looks like this in solid mode, look dev or even when rendering it out.

I thought maybe it helps if I delete the reference image, but no - nothing changed.

Any ideas what this could be?

[NP5]

Not seen that before, we need to see the shading tab view to see the nodes I think.

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[FedPete]

We need to see the material nodes.
Your brush panel has nothing to do with it.
It is empty and used for sculpting and or texture painting.

Did you use node wranger accidentally?

[TheShihan]

ok, found out what it was. It had nothing to do with nodes.

I noticed the issue occurs only when “Shade Smooth” was activated.

I then found a site where a user had the same issue when activating “Shade Smooth” and someone suggested that it was an issue with Normals.

So I checked and as you can see, there were indeed issues with Normals:

So I selected everything and could fix it with SHIFT+N:

[NP5]

Well spotted always a worthwhile thing to check.

[FedPete]

Ahh, now I see it too in your original message.
I was thrown off, because of your mention of the words ‘texture’ and ‘material’.
If you used a different view, then it was easier to spot, that problem with normals.

Great problem-solving thinking!