Q:

Displaying NLCD landcover data in QGIS with landcover class type?

I am trying to display land cover layer (.tif) into QGIS. But some reason the layer appears in grayscale when I load in QGIS (Figure 1). I am expecting to see the somewhat similar display as in ArcMap (Figure 2). In QGIS, when I looked into the layer's properties, the Singelband gray is a default Band rendering for this layer. I wonder how can I display the layer as in AcrMap or is there steps in QGIS to process the layer to look like in Figure 2.
I'm using
QGIS 2.14.3-Essen
OS: Windows 8
 Figure 1

 Figure 2

A:

New user without the karma to comment on the above answer — but here's a Github Gist with a QGIS style / .qml file I made based on the above information (it looks like @StuSmith's link no longer works): https://gist.github.com/eidietrich/b069eeead2b542caa7c6d43d3eaf8699
Should be loadable via Layer Properties >> Symbology >> Style >> Load Style.

