| ANS/LDOX | Anthocyanidin synthase/Leucoanthocyanidin dioxygenase |
| bHLH | Basic helix–loop–helix (transcription factor) |
| CHI | Chalcone isomerase |
| CHS | Chalcone synthase |
| C4H | Cinnamate-4-hydroxylase |
| DAMs | Differentially accumulated metabolites |
| DEGs | Differentially expressed genes |
| DFR | Dihydroflavonol reductase |
| F3H | Flavanone 3-hydroxylase |
| F3′H | Flavonoid 3′-hydroxylase |
| FPKM | Fragments per kilobase of transcript per million mapped reads |
| GST | Glutathione S-transferase |
| HMDB | Human Metabolome Database |
| KEGG | Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes |
| LC–MS | Liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry |
| LMSD | LIPID MAPS Structure Database |
| MBW | MYB–bHLH–WD40 transcriptional complex |
| MRM | Multiple reaction monitoring |
| MT | Mutant (bud sport of Vitis vinifera ‘Zaoheibao’) |
| OPLS-DA | Orthogonal partial least squares discriminant analysis |
| PAL | Phenylalanine ammonia-lyase |
| PCA | Principal component analysis |
| PC | Principal component |
| QC | Quality control |
| RNA-seq | RNA sequencing |
| UFGT | UDP-glucose: flavonoid 3-O-glucosyltransferase |
| VIP | Variable importance in projection |
| WT | Wild type (Vitis vinifera ‘Zaoheibao’) |
| WGCNA | Weighted gene co-expression network analysis |