A metal bar containing iron acquires dark orange color

Due to a redox (or oxidation-reduction) reaction, a type of chemical reaction in which electrons
are exchanged between the reagents so that their oxidation states change.
In any redox reaction there are chemical changes in which one substance loses electrons
(oxidizes), acting as a reducer, and another substance gains electrons (reduces), acting as an
oxidizer. An everyday example is iron parts exposed to air and moisture. After a while we see
how a layer of iron oxide forms and we say that it has oxidized.
The elements have oxidation state 0 and thus the iron can oxidize losing electrons, which are
transferred to oxygen, which gains two electrons and is reduced, going from oxidation state 0 to
-2. The global reaction could be summarized as: 2 Fe + 3 O2→2 Fe2O3. As it is only necessary
that there is cession of electrons by an atom and gain of electrons by a different one, the iron
would oxidize equally in an atmosphere of chlorine, sulphur or oxygen.
References
Clickmica Andalucía, Iron oxidation, 2019, Spain.