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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The water may be cold, but your skin is colder.

Cold is just a lack of heat energy. And energy will naturally flow from high to low. So heat from the water will go into your skin because your skin has lower heat energy. That energy moving into your skin feels like warmth.

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