Why does cold tap water feel warm when your hands have been colder for a while?

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Why does cold tap water feel warm when your hands have been colder for a while?

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What we feel as warm/cool isn’t actual temperature, it’s the exchange of heat. Since your hands are colder than the water, your hands are absorbing heat from the water rather than the water absorbing heat from your hands. So the water feels “warm”.

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