Below is the description of colour orange, employing katakana, hiragana, and kanji, all in the same sentence:
オレンジ色は、果物のオレンジの実のような色。また、夕日に染まる茜雲のような色。
As you can see, due to its use of hiragana & katakana, Japanese is slightly more airy and spacious than Chinese.
It definitely is...